This antbird is recorded in Brazil's Bahia and Minas Gerais states. In the paper, the pale-purple bare skin around the eye was a narrow ring on the adults observed. The paper spells the scientific name Rhopornis ardesiaca.
In the adult birds described in the paper, pale-purple bare skin around the eye formed a narrow ring.
The species was found in dry forest and dense understory with bromeliads.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.