This ovenbird is known from the Río La Paz drainage in the northern Bolivian Andes. Its species page lists dry forest and nearby bushy vegetation as habitat.
It has a rufous crown, wings and tail, a pale eyebrow, olive-brown back, greyish cheeks and underparts, and a deeply forked tail.
It is recorded in dry forest, plantations and bushy vegetation at 1,800–3,300 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.