This foliage-gleaner ranges across parts of Central and South America. It forages in the subcanopy and along edges of semi-open subtropical forest, moving quickly along branches in search of invertebrates.
Birds on the eastern Andean slope are olive brown above, with a rusty forehead and buff eyebrow. The throat is bright ochre-buff, with duller underparts.
It forages in the subcanopy and at edges of semi-open subtropical forest, singly or in pairs. It moves quickly along branches and sometimes hangs upside down while hunting spiders, their eggs, katydids, and crickets.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.