This bird occurs in lowland Amazonia in Peru, with many records from Ucayali and Madre de Dios. It is brown to gray-brown, has red orbital skin, and may sit motionless on a branch for long periods.
The adult photographs on Peru Aves are marked sex unknown. The bird is brown to gray-brown, with a variable fulvous area around the bill base, gray ear area, and conspicuous red orbital skin.
It may sit on branches for long periods. It occurs in lowland Amazonia and is rare in terra firme forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.