This antshrike was photographically documented at Bretaña in Loreto, northeastern Peru, in 2022. The male is black and the female chestnut; the record site was whitewater-flooded forest.
The male is black. The female is chestnut with black on the hood and breast.
The Bretaña record site was whitewater-flooded várzea with vines, tangled branches and roots, and shrubs. The birds were mainly observed in pairs and not in mixed flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.