This furnariid is endemic to the southern Brazilian highlands. A 2008–2011 breeding study recorded nests in cavities in road cuts.
It has a long, slender body and grayish-brown plumage, with an eye-stripe, long legs, a slightly curved bill, and white wing streaks.
A 2008–2011 breeding study in the southern Brazilian highlands recorded nests in cavities in road cuts.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.