This nightjar has dark brown plumage with pale and chestnut mottling, and rests in the lower growth of tropical forest.
The dark brown body has fine pale and chestnut mottling, with white spots on the sides of the neck. The sexes have similar plumage.
It uses lowland primary rainforest with an open canopy and dense understory. During the day it rests above ground, including in loops of lianas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.