This small antwren lives in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Males have a black throat patch extending onto the chest, and the species joins mixed-species flocks in lowland forest.
The male has a black throat patch extending onto the chest, white tips on the wing coverts, and white tips on the tail. Females have olive-brown upperparts.
It occurs in lowland humid Atlantic Forest and joins mixed-species flocks, often foraging in the lower forest levels.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.