Its head and underside are gray-brown, while the back, wings, and tail show reddish-violet to bronze tones. It uses forest edges and farmland, and the species account notes it searching for food while walking through mangrove mud.
Adults contrast gray-brown on the head and underside with reddish-violet on the back and wings and bronze-violet in the tail. The bill and legs are black; females are described as larger than males.
It uses forests and forest edges as well as sugarcane fields and rice paddies. When foraging, it may walk through the mud of mangroves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.