This small cisticola occurs in Madagascar. It uses grassland, savanna, farms, wetlands, and scrub, and searches near the ground for small invertebrates.
The eBird/Merlin identification text describes a tiny brown bird with a relatively long tail and bill, a streaked back, and pale underparts.
It is diurnal, forages near the ground, and feeds on invertebrates. It is recorded in open grassland, savanna, farms and rice fields, wetlands, and scrub.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.