Jameson's Antpecker is recorded in forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Uganda, at elevations of 880–1,600 m.
The adult male is olive-brown above, with a rufous forehead, face and underparts. The female has scaled markings on the underparts.
It lives in forest and gleans invertebrates among the branches. The species account gives records from 880–1,600 m; The World Birds also mentions insects and ants.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.