This small tody has a clear white streak behind the eye, a gray breast, and pale irises. It lives in Hispaniola's mountain forests and catches flying insects.
It has deep green upperparts and a grayish-white breast. A crisp white streak runs behind the eye; the bill is mostly dark and the iris pale. Pink tufts show on the flanks.
In Haiti's La Hotte mountains, observers found it in forest from about 600 m to near the summit of Pic de Macaya. It caught insects in flight and also moved among leaves and small branches while foraging.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.