It has a gray head, white wing bars, long legs, and a short tail. It searches for food on the ground in open places and occurs in western Peru and nearby areas.
The head and back are gray, and the wings have two white bars. The underside is buffy white, and the bird has long legs and a short black tail that it often wags.
It forages mostly on the ground in open and semi-open places. The Peru Aves account also notes its repeated tail-wagging.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.