Forbes's Forest Crake has chestnut foreparts and blackish-brown rear upperparts and wings. It stays concealed in New Guinea's montane forests and eats invertebrates, small vertebrates, and seeds.
The foreparts are chestnut; the rear upperparts and wings are blackish brown. Females have buff spots above and barred rear underparts.
It is secretive in montane forest and feeds on invertebrates, small vertebrates, and seeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.