This manakin uses low forest on nutrient-poor soils. Males are glossy black and females dark olive; the account reports it in Peru and also in Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia.
The male is glossy black and has a broad-based, thick bluish-gray bill. The female is dark olive with a gray bill.
It favors stunted forest growing on nutrient-poor soils. In Peru, the account records it in forest surrounded by grassland at Jeberos and along the Tapiche River, among other localities.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.