A large woodcreeper with reddish-brown plumage and fine barring. It forages in mature forest and may appear near army-ant swarms.
It has reddish-brown plumage with fine pale barring. Bill color varies by population from brown to dark red.
It forages alone or in pairs in mature forest and may follow prey concentrated around army-ant swarms.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.