This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in the high Andes. Gray head, back, and breast contrast with whitish markings on the forehead, throat, and sides of the face, plus rufous belly, rump, and tail. The account describes foraging in humid scrub, highland grassland shrubs, and Polylepis woodland, with perches on bushes and trees.
The head, back, and breast are gray, with whitish markings on the forehead, throat, and sides of the face. The belly, rump, and tail are rufous.
It forages in humid scrub, shrubs in highland grassland, and Polylepis woodland, and uses bushes and trees as perches.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.