This species' natural history is poorly known. From information at the genus level, it is found in rainforests and feeds aerially on tiny insects. It roosts in small to large colonies in well-lighted caves, rock crevices, culverts or tree hollows. It is found in rainforest (Emmons and Feer 1997). It is narrowly endemic to small area of Choco in Pacific rainforest (Davalos pers. comm.). In Ecuador this species has been found between 150 and 510 m asl (Albuja 1999). The only record from Colombia is at 1,200 m asl (Alberico et al. 2000).

This species occurs in west Ecuador and Colombia (Simmons 2005). This species has been recorded from four localities, however, it is presumed to occur within appropriate habitat between these localities. Two of the localities in Ecuador are very close and so they are considered to represent one location. There is only one locality for the species in Colombia: Río Chanco, Valle del Cauca (Alberico et al. 2000, Hood and Gardner 2008).

It is not known whether this species occurs in protected areas within its range (Davalo pers. comm.).