This small warbler lives in cloud forest in Costa Rica and western Panama. The sexes look similar, with a grey back, orange throat and breast, and a pale belly.
The sexes look similar. The upperparts are slate grey, the underparts paler, and the center of the belly almost white. The throat, chin, and upper breast are warm yellow-orange.
It is active among leaves in the middle and upper levels of cloud forest, usually above 1,500 m, searching for invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.