Adult males have a dark-brown head and throat, a white chest and belly, and white-edged wings. A historical account describes groups feeding on the ground in open areas near streams in Madagascar.
Adult males have a dark-brown head and throat; the back gains a green gloss toward the tail. The dark wings have white edges, and the center of the chest and belly are white. Females are duller brown with less white on the wings.
The historical account describes groups in open country, especially near streams, searching for insects on the ground and sometimes eating fruit or grain.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.