This tanager forages in the canopy of humid Andean forest, often with mixed-species flocks. Plumage varies geographically; the description here is limited to birds from southern Cusco toward Bolivia.
Birds from the eastern Andes south of Cusco toward Bolivia are olive above and yellow below, with a white eyebrow.
It forages in the canopy of humid montane forest and is recorded as a member of mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.