The throat and chest are white, a black band crosses the upper chest, and the belly is black with white bars. In Panama’s moist forests it nests in low vine tangles.
A black band crosses the white upper chest, and fine white bars mark the black belly. The head and back are brown.
Nine nests were found near tree-fall gaps, swamps, and roads in moist forest in central Panama. They were placed in low vine tangles, and both parents fed the nestlings.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.