This capuchin has an ochre coat; adult specimens have a dark dorsal band continuing to the tail tip. It is reported from Amazonian lowland forests and forests on Andean slopes.
A 2018 specimen comparison describes C. a. yuracus as ochre overall. In adult specimens, a dark dorsal band runs from the crown to the tail tip. The flanks, nape and tail are tobacco-brown, contrasting with a greyish-yellow underside.
Brazil’s 2025 species assessment reports it in seasonally flooded and unflooded Amazonian lowland forests, as well as submontane and montane forests on Andean slopes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.