This bird ranges from eastern Bhutan to Myanmar. It has a brown body, white throat and belly, and dark spots on the upper breast. It searches for food in low forest cover.
Its crown, upperparts, face, and flanks are olive-brown. The throat and belly are white, with dark spots or streaks on the upper breast; its eyes are yellow.
Usually alone or in pairs, it forages near the ground in open-forest understory, at forest edges, and in scrub, secondary growth, or grass-jungle. It eats insects and plant matter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.