This antpitta is endemic to Peru and searches for food near the ground in montane forest. It has a brown back, with rusty coloring on the sides of the head and neck.
The back is brown and the crown is dusky. The sides of the head and neck are rufous; the throat and remaining underparts are white, with rusty blotches on the breast and flanks.
It forages on the floor of montane forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.