It has a slate-grey crown, a mottled rufous face and dark olive upperparts. The species occurs in the Andes; a study in western Napo, Ecuador, recorded birds searching for insects under leaves from perches in the forest's middle levels.
The crown is slate grey, the face mottled rufous and the upperparts dark olive. A broad rufous band crosses the breast, and the lower belly is yellow.
A study in western Napo, Ecuador, recorded birds taking insects from the undersides of live leaves while perched in the forest's middle levels. Nests were pendant beneath stream banks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.