This small bird searches tree trunks for insects. It has spotted and barred plumage and uses a slender curved bill to pick prey from bark.
Its plumage is strongly spotted and barred, and its bill is thin, pointed, and down-curved. Unlike true treecreepers, it does not brace itself with stiff tail feathers.
It moves along trunks and uses its curved bill to extract insects from bark. It occurs in open deciduous forest and woodland and nests in tree crevices.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.