This flycatcher occurs in lowland forests from Central America to the northern western slope of the Andes. Its white eyebrow lines meet behind the head, and its throat is white.
White eyebrow lines continue behind the eyes and meet behind the head, above a white throat. It lacks rufous in the wings and tail; birds in Central America have a comparatively long, slender bill.
It forages in the canopy of humid lowland forest and may join mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.