A small hummingbird of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes; males have a long pink-violet gorget.
Males are dark green with an elongated pink-violet gorget, broad white pectoral band, and gray chest. Females have dark green upperparts, a rufous rump band, white flank spots, cinnamon underparts, and an un-forked tail.
It uses humid montane forest, edges, and scrub at about 1,200–3,000 m, taking nectar while hovering at flowers.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.