This bat is recorded from Mexico south to southern South America. It catches insects while flying over tropical streams and habitat edges.
Its fur varies from gray or yellowish to dark or reddish brown, with a paler underside. It has a swollen muzzle and a rounded tragus.
It feeds on insects over tropical streams and along habitat edges. Reproductive and other life-history information remains poorly known.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.