This large woodcreeper inhabits forests in Brazil and neighboring countries. It climbs trunks and peels bark and lichen to find hidden arthropods.
It has a whitish throat, reddish wings and tail, and a very large curved bill.
It uses well-preserved forest and connected secondary forest, from the understory to the middle layer. It spirals up trunks and peels lichen and bark to find arthropods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.