This cisticola inhabits light woodland, savanna, and grassland. A 2023 survey in Kenya's Ruma National Park recorded two birds in non-breeding plumage.
The Homa Bay County report says that both birds recorded in Ruma National Park were in non-breeding plumage; observers noted their relatively long tails.
It uses light woodland, savanna, and grassland, gleaning small invertebrates from foliage.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.