This bat tends to roost in hollow trees. It is an aerial insectivore. It appears to be a slow flier and has a rather regular pattern of foraging in its home range, a feature shared with other emballonurids (Eisenberg 1989). Forages in beats, with a slow, fluttering flight. They have been noted flying in late afternoon. Found in mature rainforest and secondary forest (Emmons and Feer 1997).

This species is found in South America. It ranges from northeastern Peru to central Colombia, south Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, and Brazil (Simmons 2005, Hood and Gardner 2008).

Retention of primary forest. Presumably the species occurs in some protected areas. This is true for most New World emballonurid bats because they are usually widely distributed.