[3] The ochre-striped antpitta was first described as Grallaria dignissima by Sclater and Salvin and illustrated by John Gerrard Keulemans in 1880.

[2] Grallaria antpittas are a "wonderful group of plump and round antbirds whose feathers are often fluffed up...they have stout bills [and] very short tails".

Adult females have warmer brown upperparts and a more rufescent throat and breast than males.

It is found from southeastern Colombia south through eastern Ecuador and northern Peru to the Marañón River.

It favors areas along streams, in dense vegetation like that in regenerating treefall openings, and very seldom is found on steep slopes.

[1] The species is considered rare throughout its range "and thus may be more severely impacted by habitat fragmentation than other small birds".