This manakin occurs in the Peruvian Amazon. Peru Aves describes it foraging in the midstory and understory of floodplain forest along blackwater rivers.
Males have olive-grey upperparts, a prominent orange crown, a white throat, and rufous underparts. Females are much duller and lack the orange crown.
It forages in the midstory and understory of floodplain forests along blackwater rivers. In Peru, the account reports most occurrences north of the Amazon River and a few south of it.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.