Adult males have an iridescent green forehead with a band of stiff black feathers around it.

Their breast is whitish streaked with black and the belly grayish brown with a blackish stripe down the middle.

Its chin is pale buff with a dark spot in the center and the rest of the underparts are brownish with whitish scaling.

[6] The festive coquette is found in southeastern Brazil from Espírito Santo south into Santa Catarina.

It does not defend feeding territories but will aggressively compete with other festive coquettes at a flowering plant.

[6] Male festive coquettes display for females by hovering and flaring its forehead and cheek patch feathers.

The nest is a cup of soft plant down and is usually hung from the tip of thin branches between 2 and 5 m (6.6 and 16.4 ft) above the ground.