The Bolivian Recurvebill uses its distinctive curved bill to lift bamboo sheaths and search around the nodes for food. It is most abundant in moist lower Yungas forest; its range runs along the eastern Andes from southeastern Peru to central Bolivia.
Its recurved bill is distinctive within its range, especially when compared with the Peruvian Recurvebill.
It occurs in semi-humid to wet lower Yungas forest. Birds are usually alone or in pairs in the understory and lower mid-levels; where Guadua bamboo is abundant, they peel sheaths to find arthropods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.