The Buff-streaked Chat lives in rocky highland grassland in southern Africa. It searches for food on the ground and on rocks, and males and females differ in plumage.
The male has a mainly gray head and back, a streaked breast, and pale underparts. Females and young birds are browner and differ in pattern.
It uses rocky highland grassland and searches for small animals and seeds on the ground or from rocks. Individuals other than the breeding pair may help at the nest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.