This bird uses wetlands and seasonally flooded grasslands in south-central Africa. Its upperparts are streaked, with rufous on the crown and wings.
Its gray-brown upperparts are streaked, with rufous on the crown and wings and cream-colored underparts.
It lives in seasonally flooded wetlands and grasslands, among reeds and other wetland plants, where it feeds on insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.