Endemic to Colombia, this puffbird has a dark cap, white throat, and broad black breast band. It waits on a perch, then catches insects in the forest understory.
The cap and back are dark, the throat is white, and a broad black band crosses the breast; the pale belly is barred black.
It waits quietly on a perch and sallies out to catch insects in the understory.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.