Tschudi's Tapaculo lives in the humid montane understory of the eastern Peruvian Andes. Adults are mostly blackish with rufous on the flanks and forage in bamboo patches.
Adults are mostly blackish with a little rufous on the flanks. Females can be more rufous and finely barred; juveniles can be grey-brown and barred.
It keeps to the understory of humid montane forest and especially favors bamboo patches while foraging.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.