The Equatorial Greytail forages in the canopy and subcanopy of montane forest in the eastern Andes of Ecuador and Peru. Its grey tail, pale eyebrow, and rufous forehead are useful field marks.
It has grey upperparts, a rufous forehead, and a whitish supercilium. The long grey tail is graduated, and the yellowish underparts are streaked.
It forages in the canopy and subcanopy of montane forest and may travel with mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.