Characterization: Species measuring about 8.5cm in length. It has a light-green color, with bright shades and a dominant green on its neck. Long, straight beak.

Distribution: It occurs in secondary forests, salt marches, also in Northern South America, throughout Brazil and in Paraguay and Bolivia.

Habitat: This is the most commonly found species in open areas, forest edges, and swamps.

Habits: This bird visits bush, vine, and isolated tree flowers or flowers at the edge of the forest, and is one of the greatest patrons of feeder bottles or flowers in big cities.

Diet: It feeds about 15 times per hour to keep its energy, and as a source of protein they eat small insects, while for energy they get nectar from flowers.

Breeding: In the breeding season, females build the nest, hatch and care for the offspring alone. They lay 2 eggs at a time. The hatchlings become independent in 4 weeks.

In the UFRA area: This bird, which was spotted in the São Francisco Sugarmill areas, is considered infrequent in the surveys because it was seen only twice. Its spatial distribution was restricted to the forests.