This antwren lives in lowland evergreen forest in the northwestern Amazon. Males have a black head, a white eyebrow, and black-and-white spots on the back. It is found in the canopy and subcanopy.
Males have a black crown and eye stripe, a white supercilium, and gray, black, and white spotting on the back.
It uses the canopy and subcanopy of humid lowland evergreen forest, including vine tangles.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.