This ovenbird lives in the high Andes of Peru. It has reddish upperparts and a white belly, and walks on the ground to forage in high-elevation bogs.
The upperparts are rufous, the crown gray-brown, and the underparts white. A white band crosses the otherwise dusky wing.
It forages on the ground in high-elevation bogs. The account notes only a few known sites in the Peruvian Andes, at roughly 4,400–5,000 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.