This small manakin lives in lowland evergreen forest in western Amazonia. The account records it up to about 800 m in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. It gives no detailed information about diet or breeding.
The upperparts are dull olive. The underparts range from greyish olive to pale yellow, and the eyes are pale.
The profile notes a distinctive two-note call. It gives no detailed information about diet or breeding.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.