This small flycatcher ranges from Central America into northern South America. It uses mangroves, nearby vegetation, and scrubby second growth while searching for food.
It is about 13–15 cm long, with a grey-brown crown and upperparts, a narrow pale eyebrow, and pale wingbars on darker grey wings.
It occurs in mangroves and adjacent vegetation as well as scrubby secondary growth. Its diet includes arthropods such as ants, caterpillars, and small beetles, with some small berries.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.