This antvireo ranges from southeastern Honduras to Costa Rica. It is recorded mainly in evergreen forest on the Caribbean slope of Central America; the AOS checklist does not accept records from western Panama.
The male has a gray crown and nape with broad black streaks, an olive back, and white streaks on the throat and chest. The female has a rufous-brown head and buff underparts.
It is recorded mainly in evergreen forest on the Caribbean slope, at elevations below 800 m in the AOS checklist account.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.