This antwren inhabits the understory of Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Males are paler, with a blackish belly and pale gray flanks; females are olive-gray with an ochraceous belly. The breeding paper reports one nest.
Males are paler than females, with a blackish belly and pale gray flanks. Females are more olive-gray with an ochraceous belly.
One nest was found at the edge of an Atlantic Forest fragment in Sergipe. Both the male and female incubated and fed the nestlings.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.