A tityrid of the foothills of northwestern Peru. Males are dark, females cinnamon-rufous, and pairs use the upper levels of semi-deciduous forest.
The male has a black cap, dark back and tail, pale fringes on the wing coverts, and dark gray underparts. The female is cinnamon to rufous with pale lores.
It uses the canopy and subcanopy of semi-deciduous forest and is generally seen in pairs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.