This furnariid occurs in central and eastern Amazonia. Its wings are black, with chestnut upper coverts. In one northern Peruvian record, a bird called in young secondary growth and responded strongly to playback.
The throat lacks black markings. The wings are black, and the upper coverts are chestnut.
On 9 August 1999, one bird near Jerillo in San Martín, northern Peru, called in young secondary growth in mid-morning and responded strongly to playback.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.