A foliage-gleaner recorded in humid forests of southeastern Brazil. It searches mossy limbs and branches bearing epiphytes for food.
It has a bright yellow eyebrow, a blackish crown, a rusty-brown back with sharp buff streaks, and strongly streaked chest and belly.
The regional account describes foraging at all forest levels, often alone, among bromeliads and moss-laden limbs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.