This manakin lives in Amazonian forest. In Peru, only a small number of visual records are reported from the far southeast; it also occurs in Brazil and Bolivia.
Males have a dark grey back, black head, prominent red crown, white throat, and reddish underparts. Females are duller and lack the red crown.
It forages in the understory and midstory of Amazonian forest. The small number of visual records reported for Peru are from its far southeast.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.