This small bird lives in humid montane forest and dense second growth on the eastern Andes. Greenish-brown upperparts and two thin yellow-edged wing bars are distinctive.
It is about 11 cm long. The upperparts and crown are greenish brown; dusky wing feathers have yellow edges that form two thin bars. The breast is olive-brown, and the rest of the underparts are whitish.
It forages in the understory of humid montane forest and in dense second growth.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.