This woodcreeper occurs in Central and South America, where it uses humid forests. It searches trunks for ants, spiders, and other small arthropods.
Its bill is long, black, and slightly down-curved, with a hooked tip. The dark-brown head and neck have buff streaks; the wings and tail are rufous, and the olive-brown underparts have streaking on the breast.
It mainly inhabits humid lowland forest and woodland and may join mixed-species flocks. It spirals up trunks from near the base, gleaning ants, other insects, and spiders from bark crevices, dead leaves, and moss.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.