It occurs in humid forests of Central America. In Costa Rica it uses the canopy, edges, and older secondary growth, sometimes in pairs or mixed flocks.
It is brown to olive with pale spots and a pale eye-ring. Its bill is long and straight.
It uses canopy, edges, and older secondary growth. Costa Rican records are mainly at 700–1,450 m, occasionally about 1,700 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.