A 2019 Bogotá bird guide describes an 11 cm bird with mostly gray plumage, a lighter throat and belly, soft rufous color at the rear, a black bill, and grayish legs. Most of its range is in Colombia, with a small part in Venezuela.
The bird is 11 cm long. Most of its plumage is gray, with lighter parts on the throat and belly and soft rufous color at the rear. Its bill is black and its legs are grayish.
Alone or in pairs, it moves very quietly through low scrub and tangled vegetation. It vocalizes for much of the day, is territorial, and is difficult to observe.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.