The Olive-chested Flycatcher is a small bird recorded on the eastern Andean slopes of northern Peru and Ecuador. It feeds alone in shrubs at forest edges and in secondary growth.
The head and back are olive-grey, with two pale wingbars, a greyish chest and yellow below. The male has a partly concealed yellow crown patch, described as smaller in the female.
It is reported to forage alone in shrubs at forest edges and in secondary growth.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.