This austral migrant reaches southeastern Peru. The Peru Aves account says all Peruvian sight records are from Madre de Dios and that it forages in young vegetation at river-created habitats.
Males are all black with a bluish-grey bill and a broad white wing band that is most noticeable in flight. Females are mostly brown with faint dusky streaks on the throat, breast, and part of the belly; their wings have white bars and their rump and undertail coverts are rufous.
It forages in successional vegetation at river-created habitats. The Peru Aves account describes it as an austral migrant in Peru and says the country’s sight records are from Madre de Dios.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.