The Pangani Longclaw is 19–20 cm long. The male has a yellow-orange throat and black cheek stripes, and searches for prey while walking through grassland.
The species is 19–20 cm long. The male has a yellow-orange throat, black malar stripes, and yellow underparts. The female is paler below and has a narrower collar.
It uses dry grassland with scattered thornbushes or acacias, as well as coastal grassland. It walks on the ground for beetles, grasshoppers, termites, spiders, and other invertebrates.
The account calls it non-migratory, but reports fewer birds near Mombasa in the dry season and more in Tsavo East during the rains. It says tracking has not established whether the same individuals move.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.