This thrush occurs on the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands. Adults have gray-brown upperparts and a short tail, and forage on the ground for insects and worms. It uses open or scrubby habitats rather than dense forest.
Adults have warm gray-brown upperparts, a short tail, dark spots across the breast, and orange-buff flanks.
It forages on the ground in highland woodland, scrub, and semi-open areas, searching for insects, larvae, and worms. The account says it avoids dense forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.