Natterer's Slaty Antshrike occurs south of the Amazon and east of the Madeira. Males are grey and black, while females are brown; the species searches among foliage in forest for small invertebrates.
Males are grey with a black crown, and their black wings and tail carry white spots. Females are brown with a more rufous crown and also have white spots on the wings and tail.
It searches among foliage for invertebrates in the lower and middle levels of terra firme forest and along forest edges.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.