The Boulder Chat is a terrestrial bird of well-wooded areas with granite outcrops. It eats insects and small lizards.
Its plumage is dark brownish grey overall, with blacker underparts. White patches on the wings are visible in flight, and the sexes look alike.
It mainly eats insects and lizards and may catch flying insects in the air. Its nest is placed beneath a log or boulder in leaf litter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.