This antwren forages in the middle levels of Amazonian forest. Males are gray with a black throat; females are brown to rufous-brown, and the birds often join mixed-species flocks.
The male is gray with a black throat, white wing bars, and a concealed white patch below the scapulars. The female has brownish upperparts and brown to rufous-brown underparts.
It forages in the forest midstory and often joins mixed-species flocks. The account also notes characteristic wing-flicking.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.