This antshrike forages in the upper understorey and mid-storey of Amazonian forest; plumage varies among subspecies and sexes.
Males range from slaty gray to black among subspecies, with white fringes on the shoulder and wing coverts. Females are rufous-chestnut in one described subspecies and rufous-brown in another.
It forages in the upper understorey and mid-storey of Amazonian forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.