Their upperparts are mostly olive-brown, with a grayish tinge from the crown to upper mantle and yellowish brown tips on the uppertail coverts.

Their chin and throat are brownish yellow and their underparts yellow-ochre that is browner on their flanks and crissum.

[6] The Jungas antwren was long thought to be endemic to western Bolivia, where it is found on the eastern base of the Andes in the departments of La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz.

[2][3] However, since the early 21st century it has been documented in southeastern Peru's departments of Cuzco and Puno.

[6][7][8] In both countries the Jungas antwren inhabits the mid-storey and subcanopy of evergreen forest in foothills and the submontane zone.

It forages singly, in pairs, or in family groups, and often as part of a mixed-species feeding flock.

"It is threatened by deforestation within its small geographic and elevational range, especially in La Paz and Cochabamba."