The Blackish Rail is about 28.5 cm long and is described as rare and local in Peru. Records there include lowland Amazonian forest in Madre de Dios and Andean foothills farther north.
The back and rear of the neck are brown; the head, neck, and underparts are gray. It has red legs and a long yellow-green bill.
In Peru it is reported as rare and local. The account places it in lowland Amazonian forest in Madre de Dios and along Andean foothills farther north.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.