This small bird lives in highland grassland in southern Africa. It has a brown back and yellowish-white, lightly streaked underparts.
It has a white eyebrow and throat, brown upperparts, and yellow-white underparts with light streaking. The tail is long and the short, straight bill is black.
In Lesotho and South Africa, it uses tall grass, bracken scrub, and forest edges in highland grassland. Stomach contents included beetles, ants and other insects, and spiders.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.