An Andean treehunter of humid mountain forest, with a very long downcurved pale bill and a rufous body marked by pale streaks.
About 28 cm long, rufous above and rufous-brown below with pale buff streaks. Its very long, strongly downcurved pale bill and dark ear patch with pale edging are distinctive.
It is recorded in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, at 2,100–3,200 m. It forages in the midstory and subcanopy, alone or with mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.