This chat lives in dry Australian shrubland and other open, stony places. Males show orange and black facial markings; females are paler.
Males have an orange forehead and a black facial mask with orange-yellow underparts. Females lack the mask and have a grey-brown head and pale-yellow underparts. Juveniles resemble females.
In open shrubland and stony ground in dry regions, it searches for insects, small spiders, and some plant matter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.