This small tyrant flycatcher has a black crown and two pale wing bars. It lives in moist Andean montane forest and often joins mixed-species flocks.
It has a short black bill, a black crown with a narrow white eyebrow, and two bold yellowish or whitish bars on its dark wings.
It uses moist montane forest and woodland near or just below the tree line. It is often in mixed flocks, alone or in pairs, and frequently twitches its wings.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.