This antbird uses the forest understory from southern Ecuador into northwestern Peru. It moves through dense vegetation and bamboo and may forage in mixed flocks.
It is about 12.5–13.5 cm long. The gray hood contrasts with the brown mantle; males have white-tipped wing coverts, while females have buffy tips.
It uses forest with bamboo or dense undergrowth and may join mixed foraging flocks. The page mentions insects and spiders but says the diet is poorly known.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.