This small flycatcher is recorded in coastal forest in southeastern Brazil. Its habitat includes sandy restinga woodland and nearby riverine forest.
It is green overall, with a somewhat darker crown. Field marks include a faint yellow eyebrow, a dark line through and behind the eye, a pale post-eye mark, and pale wingbars. The underside is yellowish green.
It uses sandy coastal woodland, woodland edges, secondary growth and scrub, and has also been recorded in adjacent riverine forest. It gleans small insects from foliage and sallies after flying insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.