It is a small bird with a slender tail: about 22 cm long overall, with a tail of about 14 cm. It lives in humid forest and dense undergrowth in southern South America.
The SIB source gives a total length of about 22 cm, including a tail about 14 cm long, with olive-brown upperparts and ochre underparts.
In northwestern Patagonia, it is resident and usually solitary, moving actively through dense vegetation and flying low between shrubs. Its source describes the insect diet as presumed.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.