The Grey-cheeked Nunlet ranges from central Panama to northern Colombia in lowland forest. It has a long, slender blue-gray bill, red eye-ring, gray cheeks and chestnut crown, and catches arthropods from branches and leaves in short sallies.
It has a long, slender blue-gray bill, red eye-ring, gray cheeks and dark chestnut crown. The throat, breast and flanks are cinnamon, with a pale buff center to the belly.
It uses moist lowland, riverine and secondary forest, as well as vine-covered thickets. It perches quietly in lower and middle vegetation, then sallies out to catch arthropods from branches and foliage.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.