This ground-dwelling bird lives in temperate forest in central and southern Chile. Its chestnut plumage and large feet are distinctive.
It has chestnut plumage, a grayish back, a pale eye-ring, and large dark legs adapted for walking and digging on the ground.
It searches leaf litter on the forest floor for insects and seeds. Although it is terrestrial, it nests in natural cavities from ground level to several meters above it.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.