The species ranges from Central America into northern South America. The page's photo is the Mexican subspecies schistaceiceps, showing a gray head and white eye-rings.
The identification section lists a gray crown and nape, white eye-rings, and a white line above the eye interrupted by gray lores. Its photo is P. s. schistaceiceps from Tabasco, Mexico.
The species account lists evergreen forest, dense forest-edge thickets, and overgrown roadsides as habitat; its diet includes ants, wasps, bugs, leafhoppers, and some fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.