A tinamou with a rufous head and white throat. It is known from a restricted area of Loreto in northeastern Peru and the northwestern Amazon; its habits are poorly known.
It has a bright rufous head and white throat, contrasting with a grey neck and breast and a pale belly. The dark upperparts have rufous scalloping along the feathers.
Its habits are poorly known, but it forages alone and is extremely shy.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.