This hummingbird ranges from Central America to Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It has a green body and a blue-black tail and feeds on flower nectar. It is recorded in secondary growth, scattered-tree savanna, coffee plantations, gardens, and edges of evergreen gallery forest.
The bird is green with a bronzy rump and a notched steel-blue to blue-black tail. In males, the wing coverts and lower back also have bronze shading.
It feeds on nectar and both sexes may defend flowers. It is recorded in secondary growth, scrubby savanna with scattered trees, coffee plantations, gardens, and openings or edges of evergreen gallery forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.