Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher was described from mid-elevation forest in northern Peru. The paper describes a reddish-brown crown, yellowish olive-green back, a white band below the throat, and an orange-yellow to yellow-ochre belly. It reports four localities.
Described specimens have a reddish-brown crown, yellowish olive-green back, a white band across the lower throat, and an orange-yellow to yellow-ochre belly. The paper reports no male-female difference in its measured colour characters.
The species description places Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher in mid-elevation forest in the northeastern Peruvian Andes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.