The Peru species page identifies subspecies P. p. peruvianus and describes it feeding inconspicuously in the understory of humid montane forest. It is olive brown above.
For subspecies P. p. peruvianus, the Peru page describes olive-brown upperparts, warmer brown underparts, and yellowish color at the center of the belly.
In the same account of the Peruvian form, it feeds in the understory of humid montane forest and is usually inconspicuous.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.