The Spot-winged Antshrike forages in Amazonian forest. Males and females have different plumage, and the bird may move through the midstory and canopy with mixed-species flocks.
Males are gray with a black cap and small white spots on the wing coverts that form wing bars. Females have a gray nape and mantle, rufous wings, and rufous-brown underparts. Both sexes have a thick, straight bill.
It forages in the forest midstory and subcanopy in Amazonia, often joining mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.