Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
The Percnostola arenarum is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Range & population Percnostola arenarum is known only from Loreto in Peru, from the drainage of the Rio Nanay west to the Rio Tigre, including Nauta on the bank of the Rio Maranon between those two rivers1. The Nauta specimen, at the Museum of Natural History, had previously been tentatively assigned to P. rufifrons jensoni2. Important Bird Areas Click here to view map showing IBAs where species is recorded and triggers any of the IBA criteria. Ecology: P. More