This woodcreeper searches along tree trunks in humid forest. It has a rufous back, pale eyebrow, and finely scalloped belly. It is associated with the Atlantic Forest, where one observed pair took turns incubating its eggs.
It has a rufous back, pale eyebrow and throat, fine pale streaks on the head, and a belly patterned with small scallop-like marks. Its bill is short and slightly decurved, suiting a bird that climbs trunks and branches.
At one observed nest, a pair used a vertical crack 2.5 m up a cedro trunk. They took turns incubating three eggs for 15–16 days and fed the nestlings arthropods, especially caterpillars. After the male died, the female raised the two young alone.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.