A pair breeding in cloud forest was studied in Yacambu National Park, Venezuela. Specimens vary in plumage, including the strength of reddish-brown barring on the lower underparts.
The type specimen is gray with strongly barred orange-rufous lower underparts. The paper reports variation in how strong the barring is among specimens.
In cloud forest at Yacambu National Park, Venezuela, one pair built globular nests with mossy material in crevices in muddy rock walls. Both parents built the nests and incubated.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.