A large woodcreeper of Amazonian floodplain forest, it is marked by a rufous back and a long, pale bill.
Its back is rufous and its belly olive-brown. A white throat, pale streaks on the breast, and a long whitish bill are distinctive.
It forages alone or in pairs in the midstory and subcanopy of várzea, or floodplain, forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.