This prinia lives in open grassland and scrub. It has dark streaks on its brown upperparts and streaked pale underparts. It moves through grass and low shrubs in search of insects and other small invertebrates.
The upperparts are brown with dark streaks; the pale underparts are also streaked, the flanks are buff, and the tail is long and graduated.
It uses open places such as grassy hillsides and scrub, moving through grass and shrubs to find insects and other small invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.