This ovenbird searches among mosses and epiphytes in humid montane forest on the eastern slope of the Andes.
The crown, wings and tail are rufous, with rufous-brown tones on the back and underparts and a grey eyebrow.
It forages in the midstorey and below the canopy of humid montane forest, probing moss and bromeliads and sometimes joining mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.