This chunky, short-tailed bird walks on the forest floor to forage. Its underparts are rufous, and it sometimes gathers near army-ant swarms.
It has a chunky body, a short tail, and broadly rufous underparts from breast to belly.
It usually walks on the forest floor alone or in pairs, searching for small prey. It has also been recorded foraging where army ants flush prey.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.