This antpitta forages on the floor of humid montane forest in the northeastern Andes. It has dusky, faintly scaled upperparts and a rufous underside with soft dark blotches.
The upperparts are dusky with faint scaling. The rufous underside has diffuse dark blotches, and the throat is buff to light rufous.
It forages on the forest floor in humid montane forest in the northeastern Andes. The account describes separated populations and records in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.