This woodcreeper ranges from Mexico to northern Colombia and far northern Venezuela. It is mostly rufous and lives in humid forest, semi-open woodland, and clearings. It eats spiders and insects and may follow army-ant columns.
It is almost entirely rufous, with a paler throat and a grey line from the bill to the eye. The bill is fairly long and straight.
It inhabits humid forest, semi-open woodland, and clearings. Its diet includes spiders and insects, and it may follow columns of army ants.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.