A wren of Central American dry forest and scrub. Its white eyebrow and rufous back stand out, and it may build a globular nest in thorny trees.
It has a broad white eyebrow and a rufous nape and back. The rump and tail are barred cinnamon and black.
It occurs in dry and gallery forest and scrub. The account describes a globular nest of grass, roots and fibers, sometimes placed in thorny acacia; ants were reported among nesting materials in examples described there.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.