A small hummingbird of dry areas in southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Its green back, gray underside and pale tail tips stand out.
About 11 cm long, green above and gray below. The tail is green above and pale beneath, with a dusky terminal band and white tips; the slender bill is slightly downcurved.
Active by day, it feeds mainly on nectar in open scrub and at deciduous-forest edges.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.