This flycatcher is endemic to Colombia. It has a bushy crest and pale tips to its tail feathers. It feeds on insects and small fruits in dry-valley scrub and woodland.
It has a dense crest and dark shaft streaks on its olive-brown crown; the tail feathers have whitish tips.
In Colombia's dry valleys it occurs in scrub, woodland, and gallery forest, and feeds on insects and small fruits.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.