This antbird inhabits Amazonian forest, foraging among dense leaves and vines in the lower and middle layers. Males are grey and females are brownish.
It is about 15 cm long. Males are grey, while females are brown to rufescent. The tail is long, with white tips on the outer feathers.
It forages in dense foliage and vine tangles in the lower and middle forest, from lowland forest into humid Andean foothills.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.