This roughly 21 cm woodcreeper is recorded from Amazonian lowlands into foothill forest on the eastern Andes. The size and spread of its back spots vary among subspecies.
It is about 21 cm long, with olive to rufescent-brown upperparts and a dark, straight bill. Pale spots on the head and back range from small marks to larger spots among subspecies.
It forages in the lower and middle forest layers, moving along trunks and branches in search of food.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.