A local survey in Colombia recorded it on the forest floor and in the understory, at forest edges, and in bamboo and riverside thickets. Records at the study area reached 1,200 m.
About 15.5 cm long. The bill is orange, the tarsi yellow, and the iris is reported as black or dark brown.
It forages in leaf litter and the understory. The local survey also records it at forest edges, clearings and bamboo or riverside growth.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.