This furnariid lives in forests of the Amazon Basin. It may join mixed-species flocks in the canopy and subcanopy.
It is about 19 cm long. The olive-brown upperparts are streaked pale, the wings and tail are chestnut, and the pale bill has a hooked tip.
It joins mixed flocks in the canopy and subcanopy, gleaning invertebrates from foliage.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.