A wren-babbler of the Philippines. The nominate form on Mindanao has a fulvous-brown head and back, a white eyebrow and throat, and heavy dark streaks on the breast and belly.
The Mindanao nominate form has a blackish-brown crown with fine pale shaft streaks and fulvous-brown upperparts. It has a white eyebrow, chin, and throat, with heavy dark-brown streaks across the white breast and belly.
BirdLife records moist lowland forest as its major habitat, with moist montane forest and heavily degraded former forest also listed as suitable.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.