This woodcreeper forages low in humid Amazonian forest. Its head and body are olive brown, its wings and tail chestnut-rufous, and pale spots mark the throat and breast.
Males are about 18.5 cm and females about 15.5 cm. The head, back, and underparts are olive brown; the wings and tail are chestnut-rufous. Pale spots mark the throat, sides of the head, and breast; the dark gray bill is straight.
It forages low in humid Amazonian forest and often joins mixed-species flocks. The account reports it as rare in Peru's Loreto and Ucayali departments.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.