A small thrush of highland forests, marked by a slate-gray face and a broad olive band across the breast.
Adults have a slate-gray forehead and face, olive-brown upperparts, pale gray underparts, and a broad olive band across the breast.
It uses humid highland oak forest and scrub and is seen alone or in pairs. It builds a cup nest of moss and fine roots; in Costa Rica its breeding season is March to June.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.