A forest bird with reddish-brown upperparts and cinnamon underparts, found in humid forest from eastern Panama to north-western Colombia.
It is about 30 cm long, dark reddish-brown above and dark cinnamon below, with a blackish crown, slate-grey sides of the head, a white upper throat, and a grey lower throat. The female is darker, with a slate breast and flanks.
It is resident and gives a low, mournful, three-part whistled call.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.