An antshrike that often forages with mixed-species flocks in the middle levels of Amazonian evergreen forest.
Males are uniformly gray, with narrow white tips on the wing coverts and tail that create faint bars. Females are olive-brown; both sexes have a light gray iris.
It forages mainly in the mid-story of terra firme forest in Amazonia, almost always as part of mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.