This ovenbird lives in dry South American scrub. Its long tail has rusty outer feathers, and it is recorded as a winter visitor in Bolivia's western Chaco.
It is brown overall, with rusty-colored feathers along the outside of its long, loose-looking tail.
It forages low in dry scrub. In Bolivia's western Chaco, it is reported as a rare and irregular winter visitor.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.