This small ovenbird relative has a thin, straight bill and moves over trunks and branches. The Peru account places it in lowland Amazonian forest edges and secondary growth, with records to 500 m along the Andean foothills.
It has pale buff streaking on the head, back, and underparts, a buff eyebrow, and a white line along the cheek. Its bill is thin and straight; the wings have dark and rufous bands, and the tail is rufous.
It moves up and down trunks and branches while foraging and is recorded in the canopy, at forest edges, and in secondary growth.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.