This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It has a gray head and back, rufous wings and tail, and a pale yellow underside, and forages in semi-open places.
It has a gray mantle and pale crown with a broad supercilium and black eye mask. The whitish throat is streaked; the wings, rump, and tail are rufous, and the underside is dull yellow.
It forages in semi-open habitat and may perch on exposed snags or branches.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.