Birds of the World describes the Chachapoyas Antpitta as a recently recognized Peruvian endemic that remains little studied.
The Birds of the World introduction describes it as mostly dark reddish brown above, paler below, with a buff eye-ring.
The account, while comparing related species, places it in the floor and understory of humid high-elevation cloud forest with moss, epiphytes, and dense Chusquea bamboo.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.