This antshrike forages in the middle levels of Amazonian forest and often joins mixed-species flocks. Plumage differs by sex and between birds north and south of the Amazon River.
Males are mostly plain gray, but birds north of the Amazon River may have a black crown. Females are gray-brown with brown wings and a rufous-brown crown; both sexes have red irises.
It forages in the middle story of the forest and almost always does so as part of a mixed-species flock.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.