Its back is cinnamon brown heavily mixed with black, and its underside is ochre buff. It lives in cloud forest from southern Mexico through northern Central America, at 750–2,500 m.
The cinnamon-brown upperparts are heavily mixed with black, with a blackish crown and mid-back. The underside ranges from light to dark ochre buff except for the whitish chin and throat; the ears are black, and the tail is usually dark all around.
It inhabits cloud forest at elevations of 750–2,500 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.