This ovenbird lives in forests around the tepuis. Adults are unstreaked, with a pale throat and eyebrow contrasting with the darker body. It probes arboreal bromeliads and bamboo node sheaths and gleans branches and vines.
Adults are unstreaked, with a white to cream throat and bold white supercilium contrasting with the darker body. Juveniles have ochre-buff brows and underparts with dusky feather edges.
It probes arboreal bromeliads, bamboo node sheaths, and dead palm fronds, and gleans small prey from branches and vines.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.