The Junin Antpitta occurs on the eastern Andean slope in Junín, central Peru. Its description reports dark reddish-brown upperparts and two song types, a long and a short song.
It has dark reddish-brown upperparts, a paler belly and a narrow pale ring around the eye.
The study records two vocal forms for this species: a long song and a short song.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.