The Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher is a tiny flycatcher, about 9–10 cm long. It has a yellow stripe behind the eye, a black head, olive upperparts, and black wings.
It is about 8.6–10.2 cm long. The head is black with a yellow post-ocular stripe and a small white spot above the bill. The upperparts are olive and the wings are black.
It occurs in the canopy and at the edges of terra firme and várzea forests. It eats insects and usually forages high in the canopy.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.