Adult males are mostly grass green, with a wide white collar across the upper breast.

Their outer tail feathers are mostly white with green tips and their wings are brownish.

[7] The green inca is found in the Andes of northwestern Venezuela between the states of Trujillo and Táchira and in northern Colombia's Norte de Santander Department.

[7] The green inca forages by trap-lining, visiting a circuit of flowering plants.

It feeds on nectar from Cavendishia, Fuchsia, plants of family Ericaceae, and others such as vines.