A small bird of humid South American forests, with a rufous crown and olive back. In southern and southeastern Brazil it forages 1–15 m up in trees and joins mixed flocks.
It is about 12.5 cm long. The crown is bright rufous, the upperparts are bright olive, and the underside is yellowish. Its grayish face has a blackish spot on the ear coverts, and its bill is quite short.
It is common in coastal humid forest and is also recorded farther from the coast. It forages in trees 1–15 m above ground, joins mixed flocks, and breeds from October to December.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.