The adult male stands out for its black face and throat. The female is duller and has fine streaks on the flanks.
The adult male has a black face, throat, and breast with grey upperparts. The female is duller and has fine dark streaks on the flanks.
After breeding, some family groups move higher into the mountains. The species migrates to western and southern Asia for winter, searching on the ground and in shrubs for insects and other food.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.