This small warbler is known only from Venezuela's Paria Peninsula. It searches for insects alone or in pairs along forest edges and beneath the canopy of coffee groves.
It is about 13 cm long. The forehead has black and yellow, the crown bears a chestnut patch, and a ring surrounds the eye. The throat and belly are yellow, the back is grey with an olive-yellow tint, and the outer tail feathers are white.
It perches in trees and forages for insects alone or in pairs at middle levels of the forest. Records include coffee groves beneath the canopy and lower secondary growth.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.