A small tanager of western Colombia and western Ecuador. A foraging study near Mindo in Ecuador recorded it in the lower, drier disturbed forest and observed it searching leaf surfaces for arthropods.
It has a black head, a rufous throat, and conspicuous black spots on the underparts.
Near Mindo, a study recorded it in the lower, drier disturbed forest and observed it gleaning arthropods from leaf surfaces.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.