The sexes look alike, with brown-toned plumage. In the dry season it may use a twig or cactus spine as a tool to pull larvae from holes in wood.
The sexes look alike. Its upperparts range from olive to warm brown with little streaking; the underparts are creamy to yellowish, with slight streaking on the upper breast.
It eats insects and larvae gathered from moss and from under bark. In the dry season it may use a twig or cactus spine to extract larvae from holes in wood.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.