This antbird forages in the lower and middle forest layers of Amazonia and may join mixed-species flocks. Males and females differ in throat and wing markings.
The male has a brown back, rufous shoulders, black wings with white bars, a gray chest, and a black throat dotted with white. The female is duller, with a gray throat and buff wing bars.
It forages in the understory and midstory of Amazonian forest and often joins mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.