This tapaculo lives in montane forest in central and north-central Peru and has a white wing patch. Similar species can be difficult to separate by sight, so voice is useful.
Males are mostly gray with dark lores and a white wing patch. Females have a browner back, and both sexes show reddish-brown and black barring on the flanks and rump.
It occurs in wet upper-montane forest and dense shrub growth, keeping to vegetation close to the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.