This ground-dwelling bird lives among rocky areas and spinifex on Australia's Arnhem Land Plateau. Its long tail and white throat patch help identify it.
It has a long tail and a white throat patch extending onto the upper breast. The body is mostly dark with rusty patches.
It lives in mature spinifex on plateau ridges and rocky slopes. It eats insects, seeds, and grass and sedge stems, using cliffs and boulders for shelter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.