This rufous flycatcher is covered in a regional account for Bolivia. It has a pale lower mandible and sallies for arthropods in the upper understory and subcanopy of dry to semi-humid woodland.
The Birds of Bolivia account describes a pale lower mandible. It does not give separate plumage descriptions for the sexes.
The regional account lists dry and semi-humid forest, gallery forest, and wooded savanna patches. Birds forage alone or in loose pairs in the upper understory and subcanopy, sallying after arthropods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.