This flycatcher is restricted to riverine habitats in the Amazon basin, especially islands and forest edges along the Amazon and Napo rivers. It is often associated with early growth that includes Cecropia trees.
It has mostly grey-brown plumage, a paler belly, and a darker head. The dark wing coverts have faint brown bars, and the base of the lower bill is dull orange.
It uses early-successional growth on river islands and forest edges, and is often associated with Cecropia trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.