This antbird lives in Amazonian forest. It forages in the understory and sometimes follows columns of army ants.
It is about 18.5 cm long. The head, neck, and most of the underparts are black; the back is rufous-brown with elongated black spots. A broad ring of bare red skin surrounds the eye. The sexes are alike.
It forages in the understory of floodplain and non-flooded forest, sometimes following army-ant columns.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.