It has a rufous crown and yellow throat and belly. It ranges through the Andes from southwestern Colombia across Ecuador to northern Peru.
The center of its crown is rufous, with a yellow throat and belly. The sides of the head are dark, and a yellow ring surrounds the eye.
In Cajas National Park and Mazán Reserve in southern Ecuador, mist-net surveys recorded it in native forest, native shrubland and forest planted with exotic trees. It occurred in all three habitats in every survey year from 2006 to 2016.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.