The Gray-breasted Seedsnipe lives on the ground in the high Andes. Males are gray, while females have mottled brown plumage.
Males have a gray breast and sides of the neck, a black throat stripe, a mottled brown back, and a white belly. Females are mottled brown overall with a white belly.
It walks on the ground and is often seen in pairs or family groups. It is nomadic rather than tied to one fixed area.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.