It is active by day in mountain forest and scrub, flying from perches to catch invertebrates in the air. Bolivian records include a historical specimen without a precise locality and a few sightings.
It is 12–12.5 cm long, with red irises and pale buffy-grey wing bars. The bars can fade as the plumage wears.
It is active by day in forest and scrub at about 650–3,100 m, catching invertebrates in the air.
On 23 November 2017, one bird was observed and photographed perched low in dry Chaco thorn forest at Parque Nacional Teniente Enciso in Paraguay.
The tail feathers have pale rufous inner webs and dark grey outer webs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.