A warbler of humid montane forest in the northern Andes. It has an olive-yellow back, yellow underparts, and black across the forehead and crown.
The upperparts are yellowish olive and the underparts yellow, with a yellow supercilium. Black runs from the base of the bill across the forehead and crown.
It occurs in the understory and bamboo thickets of humid montane forests on both slopes of the northern Andes, generally at 1,800–3,300 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.