A tiny, roughly 9 cm tyrant flycatcher. It forages inconspicuously in low bushes, and pendant pouch-like nests have been recorded in French Guiana.
It is about 9 cm long and small, with a compact, stout body. Its English name refers to a smoky-gray forehead.
It forages inconspicuously in low shrubs at forest edges, second growth, and bushy savanna. In French Guiana, pouch-like nests of grass and rootlets were attached to twigs or vines about 1.5 m above ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.