The Paradise Tanager forages in the upper canopy of Amazonian forest in pairs or family groups, often joining mixed-species flocks. Its plumage combines green, black, blue, and a red or yellow-red rump.
The head is lime green, the back and wings are black, and the throat and breast are blue, grading to bright sky blue below. The rump is red, or red and yellow in some subspecies.
It forages in the canopy in pairs or family groups, often with mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.