This roughly 19 cm woodcreeper inhabits forests in northeastern and southeastern Brazil. It favors forest edges, joins mixed flocks, and searches trunks and leaves for insects.
It is about 19 cm long. The Aves do Planalto account compares it with Xiphorhynchus fuscus and says the Scaled Woodcreeper is larger and has a paler throat.
It is restricted to forest and favors forest edges. It joins mixed flocks from the mid-storey to the canopy and searches trunks and flips leaves for insects. It nests in tree cavities, laying one to three eggs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.