This antpitta occurs on the eastern side of the northern Peruvian Andes. It has reddish-brown upperparts, a gray breast, and a white central belly. A regional survey recorded it in dense forest, including bamboo-rich areas.
It has reddish-brown upperparts and grayish-white underparts. The breast is gray with rusty-brown sides, while the center of the belly is white.
In the Huancabamba survey in northern Peru, it was recorded near Playón and Chaupe in tall, dense secondary forest along clearings, trails, and landslides, and in nearby mature forest, especially bamboo-rich forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.