This furnariid occurs on the western Andean slope from northwestern Peru into Ecuador. It has a rufous neck and tail and is found in dense understory with bamboo.
It is reddish-brown with a red tail. The red throat, sides of the neck, and supercilium frame a gray ear patch; the rufous chest is streaked and mottled.
It forages in dense forest understory, often in areas with bamboo.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.