A cisticola of East African wetlands and moist grassland. It has a streaked back and a relatively long tail.
The gray-brown back has bold black streaks; the crown and wings are brown, the underside is pale, and the tail is relatively long.
It uses wetlands, moist grassland, and open vegetation around water. Oiseaux.net describes it as resident, terrestrial, and feeding on invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.