This rail lives in lowland rainforest in western and central Africa. It uses ravines and stream edges, feeding on insects, crabs, snails, and small lizards.
The wings have pale bars and white spots that are conspicuous in flight.
It lives in forest ravines and along streams. Its food includes insects and millipedes as well as crabs, snails, slugs, and small lizards.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.