This small antwren lives in humid Andean forests. It searches for arthropods in the canopy and mid-storey and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.
The male has a black, white-speckled crown, yellow-green back, two white wing-bars, and yellowish underparts. The female has a brown crown.
It searches for arthropods from the canopy to the mid-storey of humid montane forest. It may join mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.