This fruiteater is restricted to montane forest on the eastern Andes of Peru, using the canopy and subcanopy.
The male has green upperparts, a black to dark green facial mask, golden breast and neck sides, and a yellow center to the underside. The female has green upperparts and yellow underparts streaked with green. Both sexes have a red bill.
It forages in the canopy and subcanopy of humid montane forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.