This small flycatcher uses the upper levels of humid Andean forest. A pale eye-ring and yellow wing-bars are useful identification marks.
It is about 11 cm long, with an olive mantle, grey crown, pale eye-ring and two-toned bill. Yellow wing-bars and yellowish underparts are also described.
It forages in the upper understory and subcanopy of humid montane forest. The regional account describes it as uncommon on the eastern slope at about 500–1,400 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.