This small babbler keeps near dense cover and the ground. A study in northern Thailand found nests along creeks, where both sexes incubated eggs and cared for nestlings.
The upperparts are warm brown; the underparts are buff with a whitish belly. The forehead feathers have pale shaft-streaks, and the fairly long tail has a squarish tip.
At a creekside study site in Chiang Mai province, Thailand, nests were recorded along small streams. Both males and females incubated; after hatching, both parents fed and protected the nestlings.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.