This highly threatened wren occurs on the western slope of Colombia's northern Eastern Andes. It uses dry-forest understory and has also been recorded in shaded coffee and cacao plantations.
It has a white supercilium, a striped face, and barred wings and tail. It is duller brown overall than the related Rufous-and-white Wren.
It skulks in the understory of dry forest and also occurs in shaded coffee and cacao plantations. Territories are along watercourses with dense, perennial vegetation; elongated nests have been recorded close to wasp nests.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.