This flycatcher is common in Peru's Andean montane forests. At forest edges and in semi-open places, it searches for food from exposed branch tips.
It is about 17 cm long, uniformly dark grey, and slightly crested. The lower mandible is mostly orange, while the upper culmen is black.
It feeds in semi-open areas and at forest edges, perching on exposed branch tips and snags.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.