The Venezuelan Flowerpiercer lives in montane forest in northeastern Venezuela. Males are black, while females are olive-brown.
The male is black with a small white tuft on the flank; the female is olive-brown above. The bill has a hooked tip.
It forages among foliage at middle levels along montane cloud-forest edges, in secondary woodland, and in shrubs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.