This ovenbird occurs in mossy montane forest from Colombia into western Ecuador. Its reddish-brown body and rows of white breast spots are distinctive.
It is reddish-brown above, with a white throat and rows of white breast spots bordered in black. The tail tips are spiny.
It searches for arthropods in mossy evergreen montane forest. It climbs tree trunks using its tail for support and is seen alone, in pairs, or in mixed flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.