This small tyrant flycatcher lives in forests on Hispaniola. Its upperparts are dark grayish-olive and its throat is gray. It may sally from a perch to catch flying insects and return to the perch.
The upperparts are dark grayish-olive, with a darker crown and gray throat. Wingbars are inconspicuous or absent.
It uses several forest types from sea level to 2,000 m, including dry forest, humid broadleaf forest, and pine forest; the account says it is most numerous in pine. It often sallies from a perch to catch flying insects and returns to that perch.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.