The Black-lored Cisticola is a highland cisticola with a reddish-brown head and brown back. It searches for small invertebrates by day in grassland and scrub near forest.
The adult male has a dark, rich reddish-brown crown and hindneck, with a sepia-brown back. The underside is rusty cream, while the breast and sides are smoky brown to grey.
It is diurnal and feeds mainly on invertebrates. It uses high, semi-open habitats such as heath and scrub near forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.