Adult Gray-and-gold Tanagers have pearly-grey and black-speckled plumage with gold across the chest. They feed on fruit, berries, and arthropods, foraging in pairs or small groups in the canopy.
Adults have pearly-grey upperparts with black speckling and some gold or silvery green on the scapulars. The pale underparts have variable black speckling and gold across the chest.
It feeds on fruit, berries, and arthropods. The account describes pairs or small groups searching the canopy and sometimes joining mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.