A small tanager of humid Andean forest edges, secondary growth and shrub cover. Records span 1,200–3,600 m.
About 12 cm long. The crown and sides of the head are rusty brown, the upperparts olive, and the underparts and flanks yellow-green.
It searches in trees for insects and also eats fruit. The guide describes a cup-shaped nest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.