The Brownish Twistwing uses terra firme forest in the northern Bolivian Amazon, especially dense understory. It has shaggy plumage, a pale lower mandible, ochre edges on the wing feathers and a rufous-brown tail; it is usually solitary.
Its plumage is shaggy, the lower mandible is pale, the wing-feather edges are ochre, and the tail is rufous brown.
In the northern Bolivian Amazon it uses terra firme forest with dense understory, including Guadua bamboo. It perches upright on low branches and is usually solitary and secretive.
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