This roughly 26 cm ovenbird has brown plumage with chestnut tones and a darker crest. In a study at Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina, pairs searched for food, including dry acacia pods and items on the ground.
About 26 cm long. The plumage is brown with a chestnut tone; the crest is darker, and the face and throat are chestnut. The underside is grey with a brown tone.
Pairs perch in trees or on the ground. At Villa María, birds picked at dry Acacia pods and collected food on the ground and branches; a local diet study recorded insects, fruit and other items.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.