This tanager inhabits high-elevation forests and scrub in the northern Andes. It eats fruit and insects and moves through the canopy in small or mixed flocks.
It is about 20 cm long. The head and upperparts are bluish, the back is green, and the wings, tail, face, throat, and breast are black. The rest of the underparts are bright yellow.
It is seen in small groups or pairs, and sometimes alone, moving through the middle and upper levels of forest edges and high-Andean scrub. It may join mixed flocks and eats fruit as well as insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.