The Montane Foliage-gleaner forages in the middle and upper levels of humid montane forest, often with mixed-species flocks.
It is rufous-brown with a rufous tail, buff streaks on the sides of the head and breast, and a buff eye-ring and eyebrow.
It searches for food in the midstory and canopy of humid montane forest and often travels with mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.