This small flycatcher uses the canopy of humid montane forest. A Peru Aves account for northeastern Peru describes a gray head, a fine rufous eyebrow, and pale cheeks.
For subspecies griseocapillus in northeastern Peru, Peru Aves describes a greenish-gray mantle, gray crown, fine rufous eyebrow, and pale cheeks outlined in black.
The Peru Aves account records it in the canopy of humid montane forest in northeastern Peru.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.