This cotinga has a purple throat. Adult males are black and white, while females are brown and barred, so the sexes look very different.
Males have black-and-white upperparts and a purple throat that grades to white below. Females are brown with dark bars and rufous on the throat and vent.
Pairs and small groups forage in the canopy of floodplain and terra firme forests.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.