Its face and ear coverts are bright chestnut, while the head and back are buff-gray with black streaks. It lives in arid and semi-arid shrubland and searches for small invertebrates low in bushes or on the ground. It may move locally in response to rain.
The face and ear coverts are bright chestnut. The head and upperparts are buff-gray with black streaks, the underparts are whitish, and the flanks are buff. A narrow black collar separates throat and breast.
It uses arid and semi-arid shrubland on plains and hillsides, including scrub around dry pans and drainage lines. It gleans small insects and other invertebrates low in shrubs or on the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.