[4][5] The Bananal antbird is found along the Araguaia and Tocantins rivers and some of their tributaries in central Amazonian Brazil.

The Bananal antbird's song is a "hurried, squeaky 'tudr-tudr-tudr' " that is "randomly combined" with the "very fast, very high 'wididi' " call.

[5] The IUCN originally in 2004 assessed the Bananal antbird as Vulnerable and in 2020 downlisted it to Near Threatened.

It has a limited range and its estimated population of between 15,000 and 350,000 mature individuals is believed to be decreasing.

"Its specialised habitat requirements make the species susceptible to changes in hydrological management.