The Bolivia species account records this becard in humid forests from Amazonian lowlands to lower mountain forests. It is often alone or in pairs in the canopy and may join mixed-species flocks.
In the Bolivia account, males have pale gray sides of the head, lores, and underparts. Females have a rufous crown and pale lores.
The Bolivia account records it in interior Amazonian evergreen lowland forest, transitional forest, humid foothill forest, and lower Yungas. It gleans arthropods and fruit in the canopy, alone or in pairs, and sometimes joins mixed flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.