A small South American tyrant flycatcher. In Peru, records come from floodplain forest in the southeast and a separate central area with different forest cover.
The upperparts are olive-brown with largely plain wings. The face and throat are grey, and the grey underparts have diffuse olive streaks. The lower mandible is dull yellow and the iris dark.
PeruAves describes Guadua bamboo stands in southeastern Peruvian floodplain forest, and dense understory or second growth at a separate central Peruvian locality.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.