This cacique uses the canopy of Amazonian forests. Its regional species page describes it as rare to uncommon in várzea and terra firme forest and reports small foraging flocks of the same species.
The bird is mostly chestnut-brown, with an olive-green throat and chest. Its yellow bill is thick at the base and has a swollen casque on the upper mandible; the iris is pale, and the tail is yellow with central chestnut feathers.
It is recorded in the canopy of Amazonian várzea and terra firme forests, where it forages in small flocks with others of its species. Records extend along the Andean foothills.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.