A charismatic antpitta known in Colombia only from 3 localities in the Western slope of the Central Andes in Cauca, Quindío and more recently Caldas (buffer zone of Los Nevados National Park). Recently taped in the Eastern slope of the Central Andes in Tolima.

This image was taken on July 23 (2011) from a pair of birds seen on a steep forest in the Old Road to Los Nevados at 3310m.