The Hazel-fronted Pygmy Tyrant occurs in humid montane forest from southern Peru to north-western Bolivia. Adults have a rufous forecrown and face, dark olive upperparts, a cream throat and a yellow belly. It searches for arthropods low in dense undergrowth.
Adults have a rufous forecrown and face, dark olive upperparts, a cream throat and a yellow belly.
It forages low in dense undergrowth in humid montane and cloud forest, searching for arthropods. The account describes short upward sallies to take prey.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.