This small bird is restricted to the Sydney region of New South Wales. It occurs in sclerophyll forest and tall woodland associated with sandstone outcrops.
Adults are dark gray-brown, with a cinnamon-tinged face and forehead, a white throat speckled with black, and rufous underparts. Young birds are similar but duller.
It searches the ground and low branches for insects and sometimes seeds, probing crevices, caves, and ledges.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.