A small tapaculo of montane forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. Its flanks and rump have brown-and-black bars.
Specimens in the original series have brown-and-black barring on the flanks and rump; the extent of the barring varies among individuals.
The studied territories were in humid montane evergreen forest with dense understory. Most were in primary forest, while some were in recovering secondary forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.