Goeldi's Antbird occurs in Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. Males are black; females are rufous-brown with a grey head and white throat.
The PeruAves account describes the male as black and the female as rufous-brown, with a grey head and white throat.
A nest found in Ucayali, Peru, in 2018 was on the ground in dense Guadua bamboo between pasture and mature terra firme forest. Observers recorded both male and female birds caring for the eggs and nestlings.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.