This small antbird occurs in Costa Rica and Panama. It uses dense understory in cloud forest near streams and deep ravines. Males are dark grey and rufous; females are paler.
It is about 13–14 cm long. The male has a black-grey head, neck, upper mantle and throat, with irregular black spots on the breast. The female is paler and has white spots on the black throat.
It uses dense understory in cloud forest along streams and deep ravines. The account lists spiders, cockroaches, beetles, crickets, woodlice and larvae as food, and describes a cup-shaped nest with two eggs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.