This antshrike inhabits moist lowland forest and is usually difficult to detect. Males are dark, while females show warmer rufous and black barring.
It has a very stout bill. The male has a black throat and breast and faint wavy white bars on a dark body. The female is rufous with black bars and a black-and-gray tail.
It lives in moist lowland forest and is described as unobtrusive and difficult to detect. The account does not specify its diet.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.