The Red-winged Wood Rail has a reddish-olive head and back, a chestnut stripe across the side of the face, and dark slate-gray underparts.
The head, nape, and back are reddish olive. A chestnut stripe runs from the bill past the eye, while the throat is gray-white and the breast through belly is slate gray. The eyes, feet, and legs are red, and the bill is yellow-green.
It is found in riverside woodland, seasonally flooded igapó forest, and swamp forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.