It walks quietly on the ground in the Atlantic Forest, with gray-brown barring and a pale stripe on the side of the neck. It is secretive, so its whistled song can help reveal its presence.
It has a dumpy shape with a barely visible tail, a gray-brown barred back and flanks, a pale gray belly, and a prominent pale stripe along the side of the neck.
It walks quietly through the forest understory and is very secretive. Its song is a series of whistles separated by long silences, so its voice can reveal its presence when the bird is hard to see.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.