The approximate size of these bird is 18 cm, above it is dark brown, has bridles, throat and center of the dirty white belly and has a large brown pectoral band.
It is found from the north of Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia, through the Andes of Peru, Ecuador and part of the Guianas. In Colombia it is between 700 and 2100 m above sea level in the Serranía de Perijá, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serranía de la Macarena. Also in the three mountain ranges.
