This small bird uses dry savanna and thorn scrub, searching for food while flicking its long tail.
It is brown above, with a rufous forecrown, pale edges on the wing feathers, and a long, thin tail.
It lives in dry to semi-arid savanna with thorn scrub, looking through the ground layer and foliage for small invertebrates. While feeding or displaying, it repeatedly moves its long tail.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.