This ovenbird is associated with river islands and floodplain forest along major Amazonian rivers. It forages on the ground and has a white throat sharply set off from rich rufous underparts.
At about 18 cm, it has chestnut-rufous upperparts, a white throat sharply separated from rich rufous underparts, gray crown and sides of the head, a broad pale supercilium, and a creamy-white bill.
It forages on the ground in open or semi-open habitat, often near water on river islands and less frequently in várzea forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.