This quail-thrush lives on the forest floor of New Guinea. Males have a black throat and white belly, while females have a white throat and olive-brown upperparts.
Males have rufous-brown upperparts, a black face, throat, and upper breast, a white lower belly, and a broad white patch along the side of the head. Females have olive-brown upperparts, a white throat, and rufous-brown sides of the breast.
It walks on the forest floor, pausing to throw aside leaves as it searches for insects. It can be hard to see, although its voice may reveal its presence.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.