The Amazonian Antpitta is a lowland-forest bird. In the Peru account, olive upperparts contrast with rusty sides of the head, breast and flanks.
The crown and upperparts are olive. The sides of the head and lores are rusty; the breast and flanks are rusty with black streaks, while the center of the belly is pale.
Peru Aves describes it as mainly a lowland-forest species, with records up to 700 m along the eastern Andean foothills. It notes that it is uncommon or rare in Peru.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.