Plumage brightness varies across the Bolivian account: a paler subspecies occurs through most of the country, while another is recorded in several northern areas.
Birds of Bolivia reports a paler subspecies through most of Bolivia, while a different subspecies occurs in Pando and northern Beni and La Paz.
It occurs alone, in pairs, or in family groups from the middle levels of trees to the canopy. It is noisy, does not join mixed-species flocks, and tends to forage in denser foliage.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.