This antbird occurs from Central America into northern South America. Males are dark gray with white tips on the wings and tail; females are olive-brown above and rufous below. Pairs forage for insects along lowland forest edges and in secondary growth.
The male is uniformly slaty gray, with white tips on the wing-coverts and tail. The female is olive-brown above, with tawny-orange sides of the head and underparts.
It uses shrubby clearings, second-growth woodland, and forest borders in lowlands and lower foothills. It eats insects and small arthropods and is almost always found in pairs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.