This capuchin lives in remaining Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil. One group studied in a forest fragment in Paraíba ate fruit as well as sugarcane stalks and animal food.
The body and limbs are golden yellow, with slightly darker lower parts, black hands and feet, and a rectangular white patch of fur at the front of the head.
One group in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Paraíba ate mainly fruit, along with sugarcane stalks, animal food, leaves, and other plant parts.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.