This bird lives in the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil. Males are slate-grey and females brown, with fine bristles at the base of the bill. It searches for insects among leaf litter close to the forest floor.
About 18 cm long, the male is slate-grey and the female brown to rufous; fine bristles project near the bill base.
It forages in low, dense vegetation and on the ground, lifting dead leaves to find insects.
A report from Brazil described one pair building a nest in a hole in an earthen bank.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.