This small tyrant flycatcher is recorded in humid Andean foothill forest and stunted forest on white sand in the Peruvian Amazon. It is usually solitary in the understory and moves slowly.
It is about 8.5 cm long. The species account consulted does not describe its plumage in detail.
In La Paz, Bolivia, it occurs locally in the understory of humid Andean foothill forest. It often stays motionless for long periods, flicks its wings, and sallies briefly to catch arthropods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.