This robin occurs in north-eastern Australia. It has a long white eyebrow and bold white wing-bars, and nests in forest along creeks.
It has a long tail, bold white wing-bars, a bold white supercilium, an oval face marking, a dark eye-mask, and white flanks.
A complete nesting cycle was documented in a tropical rainforest creek gully near Mackay. The female built the nest; the male fed her and the nestling.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.