The Bahia Antwren inhabits coastal forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. Males are gray and black, while females show buff tones.
Males are gray with a black crown and eye stripe, and white-tipped markings on the wings and tail. Females have a buff forehead and crown, with pale underparts washed buff across the breast.
It searches for insects in the mid-story of coastal forest on sandy soils, including restinga.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.