The Elusive Antpitta forages on the forest floor in Peruvian Amazonian lowlands. The Peru account places it south of the Amazon and Ucayali rivers; the page also notes Brazil in its range.
The head and back are brown. The throat and upper breast are buff to rusty, while the remaining underparts are whitish with long black streaks.
In the Peruvian Amazonian lowlands, it searches for food on the floor of terra firme forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.