A small bird that walks across the high grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. It spends much of its time on the ground and nests in burrows.
The underside is nearly white, with a dark line through the eye area. Brown and pale sections contrast in the tail feathers.
It lives in high grasslands, meadows and alpine deserts, hopping along the ground to forage. It nests in a burrow.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.