This small bird is recorded in the understory of humid western Amazonian forest, including vegetation patches after treefalls and stands of Guadua bamboo.
The head and back are yellowish olive. The crest feathers have brown-olive edges, while the greyish underparts are streaked with olive. The bill is black and the eye is pale.
In Peru’s Ucayali and Madre de Dios regions, it forages in the understory of humid forest and is associated with treefall patches and Guadua bamboo.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.