This small flycatcher is mostly olive and lives in montane forest on the eastern slope of the Andes. It forages at forest openings in the canopy and subcanopy.
It is mostly olive, with a yellowish center to the belly. It has a crest and two wing bars. Dark wing feathers have creamy-yellow edges, and the bill is bicolored.
It forages along the edges of openings in the forest canopy and subcanopy.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.