This dark thrush has a bright metallic-blue patch near the shoulder and appears along streams in moist hill forest.
Its plumage is uniformly dark, with a bright metallic-blue patch in the wing feathers near the shoulder. The blue area may not always be visible in field conditions.
At Fraser's Hill, observations recorded it feeding on insects at dawn. One bird rubbed an insect against a rock before swallowing it.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.