The Yellow-scarfed Tanager occurs in Peru's eastern Andes. It has a blue body, black head and golden band across the sides of the head, and forages in humid montane scrub and elfin forest.
It has a bright blue body and blue undertail coverts, a black head and throat, and a golden-yellow band running across the sides of the head.
It forages alone or in pairs in humid montane scrub and elfin forest. The CORBIDI account records it from 2,000–3,700 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.