The Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner occurs on the Pacific slope from southwestern Costa Rica to western Panama. It skulks in humid forest undergrowth and has a rich buff throat, broad eyebrow, and dark rusty tail.
It is dark brown with a rich buff throat, broad eyebrow, and dark rusty tail.
It occurs singly or in pairs in humid tropical forest, clambering through vine tangles and dense understory and sometimes leaf litter. Its repeated churring rattle is given from middle-level perches inside the forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.