This bird lives in the high eastern-central Andes of Peru. It has darker upperparts, a paler underside, and pale wing-bars. It forages in humid montane scrub and grassland and may occur in family or mixed-species flocks.
The upperparts are darker than the underside, the wings have pale bars, and the lower mandible is yellowish.
It forages in humid montane scrub, tall shrubs, and semi-open grassland with scattered bushes. It may occur in family groups or mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.