The Rufescent Screech Owl is a small nocturnal owl of humid Andean forests. The Bolivia account describes it alone or in pairs in dense middle-level foliage.
It is an owl about 24 to 26 cm long.
In Bolivia's humid montane forests on the eastern Andean slope, it is nocturnal and occurs alone or in pairs in dense middle-level vegetation. The account says it is vocal year-round but difficult to see.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.