It is a bird species of the Columbidae family and order Columbiformes, the approximate size of these bird is 17 centimeters.
In Colombia it is up to 1000 m high above sea level from Valley of the Sinú River to the east to the western base of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the west of the Guajira.Also to the south until the high valley of the river Cauca and the valley of Magdalena until the northwest of Santander. East of the Andes from Arauca to the west of Caquetá and Vaupés.
It is found Colombia between 2200 and 4000m, in the Eastern Cordillera from the Northeast of Santander to Cundinamarca, in the Central Cordillera from Caldas to Nariño and header of Magdalena Valley in Huila. It is also found in northern Peru.
Its plumage is bronze-brown, with a reddish crown and a forked blue-and-black tail with white-swept tips. The male has a bluish-green lower mandible base and a reddish golden neck.
