The Gray Silky-flycatcher is a crested, long-tailed bird. Males are blue-gray and females dusky gray; flocks gather at fruiting trees in its Mexican and Guatemalan range.
It has a tufted crest and broken white eye-ring. Males are blue-gray and females dusky gray, with variable yellow on the belly and undertail; the tail has a broad white band near its base.
It is local in foothills and highlands, perching upright on prominent branches. Flocks visit fruiting trees and shrubs, and birds may fly high overhead.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.