This gray tyrant flycatcher uses forest canopy, edges, and semi-open habitat. In Peru, austral migrants are usually recorded from February through November.
It is mostly gray, darker above, with a partly concealed yellow patch on the black crown and a black eye stripe along the gray sides of the head.
It uses forest canopy and edges as well as semi-open habitats. In Peru, its usual season as an austral migrant is February–November.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.