A ground-foraging antpitta of montane forest on the eastern Andes. A Peru-focused account reports it fairly commonly from 1,150 to 2,100 m.
It has an olive-brown back, chestnut head, white throat, and gray lower underparts; a pale eye-ring is also noted.
It forages on the forest floor in montane forest on the eastern Andes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.