This small flycatcher lives in the dry Marañón Valley of northern Peru. It has two pale wing bars and feeds on insects and fruits such as mistletoe.
At about 11 cm, it is a small gray-brown flycatcher with two buff wing bars; its face and throat are gray.
It uses dry tropical woodland, scrub, and nearby disturbed areas, and eats insects and fruit such as mistletoe.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.