A woodcreeper of Central American forests, with many pale streaks on the crown and nape and additional streaking on the back and wings.
Adults have a dark brown crown and nape lined with pale streaks, and an olive-brown back and wings with pale streaks. The rump, tail and flight feathers are chestnut. Juveniles are duller and more densely streaked.
It occurs in forest canopy and edges, old second growth, plantations, gallery forest and mangroves. It is seen alone, in pairs or in small groups of about three.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.