This antbird occurs in humid forest in Colombia and Venezuela. It forages low in dense undergrowth, including around fallen logs.
The male has a grey head, neck, and most of the underparts, a dark throat, and olive-brown upperparts. The wing-coverts have prominent white spots; the dark throat does not extend onto the breast.
It occurs in dense undergrowth of humid forest, especially in foothills, and forages on the ground or below 1 m. The account describes pairs searching near tangles of fallen logs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.