A small woodcreeper with a wedge-shaped bill that feeds in the understory of humid Amazonian forests.
About 13.5 cm long, it is mainly reddish brown with a chestnut tail. It has a short, thick, upturned bill with a silvery lower mandible and a buff supercilium. The orange-rufous throat varies; buff streaks mark the throat, upper breast, and sides of the head.
It forages in the understory of humid Amazonian forests and often accompanies mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.