The head and underparts are gray, the back is olive-brown, and the legs are red. It uses a variety of waterside habitats, from Peruvian coastal lowlands to Andean wetlands.
The head, neck, and underparts are gray; the back and rear of the neck are olive-brown. The legs are red, and the greenish bill has red at the base of the lower mandible and blue on the upper mandible.
It uses a range of waterside habitats. In Peru it is reported as common in western coastal lowlands, the western Andean foothills, and highland wetlands.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.