A small bird that searches for insects in the understory of eastern South American forest. A 2015 study used the older treatment that grouped three traditionally recognized subspecies within one species.
It is about 11–14 cm long. The paper reports geographic variation in plumage and song.
It lives in the understory of tropical and subtropical South American forests and eats insects and other invertebrates. It is active by day and searches near the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.