Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. This little-known bird was formerly considered a data deficient species by the IUCN.
The Pithys castaneus is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.
Range & population Pithys castaneus was known from a single specimen collected in September 1937 in the Amazonian forest lowlands, at Andoas on the lower r More