The Venezuelan Bristle Tyrant occurs in montane forest in Venezuela. Adults have a grey crown and yellow underparts and search for insects by day.
Adults have an ash-grey crown, olive upperparts, and yellow underparts. Pale covert tips form two wing-bars; immature birds have a greener crown.
It uses dense montane forest and feeds on insects by day. It sallies from a perch and also picks prey from surfaces.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.