This ground-dwelling bird inhabits humid forests in Colombia's central Andes. It walks along the forest floor to forage and has a broad chestnut band across the breast.
It is dark brown above, with pale areas on the face, throat, and belly, and a broad chestnut band across the breast.
It walks on the forest floor in search of earthworms and beetles. Observations include mossy humid secondary growth, young river-edge woodland, and regenerating scrub-rich forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.