A wren-babbler of lower montane evergreen broadleaf forest on the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. It forages on or near the ground for insects.
It has blackish scaling from crown to back, a chestnut face, a white throat with dark scaling below, and narrow pale scales across the breast and belly.
It eats insects and sometimes fallen berries or small fruits, foraging on or near the ground. It is shy and secretive.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.