This tanager occurs in forest edges and secondary vegetation on the eastern Andes of Peru. Adults are gray with a broad black mark from the face to the upper chest.
Adults are gray with a black mask extending from the face to the upper chest, and the sexes look alike. Juveniles are olive above and yellow-olive below.
It favors semi-open areas, forest edges, and secondary vegetation, where it is seen in pairs or family groups.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.