The male has chestnut on the head, nape, and upper breast; the female is darker overall, with a paler chest and throat. It hides in dense wetland vegetation and searches for small prey on the ground.
The male's head, nape, and upper breast are chestnut. The female is darker overall, but paler on the chest and throat.
It stays concealed in dense vegetation in marshes and damp valleys, probing mud and vegetation for insects and other invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.