This small antwren forages in pairs near the forest floor in Amazonia and sometimes follows mixed-species flocks. Males are gray, while females are olive-brown above and rufous below.
It is about 9.5 cm long. The male is gray with dark wings and tail, white wing bars and white spots on the tertials and uppertail coverts. The female is olive-brown above and rufous below.
It forages in pairs in the forest understory, often close to the ground, and may follow mixed-species flocks. The regional account gives a range up to about 700 m along the Andean foothills.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.