This ground tyrant moves through the southern Andes. A wintering record from rocky terrain in central Peru has been reported.
The reported male was identified by a black forehead and central crown, pale-gray sides of the crown, and a white patch in front of the eye.
The paper reports a wintering record on a rocky slope in the central Peruvian Andes as a northward addition to the known migratory range.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.