This hummingbird was studied in the Los Tuxtlas region of southern Veracruz, Mexico. In the rainforest study sites it was a regular bird of the understory.
Among captured adults in Los Tuxtlas, males were larger than females in all four body measurements examined in the paper.
It was a regular understory bird at several rainforest sites and was recorded in both primary and disturbed rainforest, as well as local agricultural areas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.