This small tyrant flycatcher lives in the forest understorey of Amazonia. It forages in dense foliage, forest edges, secondary growth, and along rivers and lakes; records reach about 800 m on the Andean foothills.
The upperparts are grey-olive. Two fine wingbars have yellow-edged coverts. The throat is yellow, the chest olive, and the belly yellow, with olive streaks on the throat, chest, and part of the belly.
It forages in dense foliage in the forest understorey, at forest edges, in secondary vegetation, and along river and lake edges.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.