[3][4] The Caracas tapaculo is 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and weighs approximately 24 g (0.85 oz).

The flanks and crissum (the area around the cloaca) are tawny with dusky barring.

[5] The Caracas tapaculo is found in the Venezuelan Coastal Range and separately in a small area where Sucre, Anzoátegui, and Monagas States meet.

It inhabits the undergrowth of several humid forest types including primary and secondary woodland and their edges.

Its song is a series of notes rising and then falling in both volume and pitch [1].