This bush tyrant is about 18–19 cm long and occurs in the high Andes. Its first detailed nest record was made at 2,985 m in Peru.
Its reported length is about 18–19 cm.
In one Peruvian record the nest sat on a rock ledge behind a flowering Puya and was thickly lined with Usnea lichens.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.