This small flycatcher has a black crest and yellowish olive upperparts. It forages in the understory of forests on nutrient-poor soils.
The upperparts are yellowish olive. Its crest has black feathers edged in olive, and the whitish underparts are faintly streaked with olive-gray. It has no discernible wing bars.
It forages in the understory of forest on nutrient-poor soils, largely in terra firme forest that is not seasonally flooded.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.