This forest bird is reddish brown with fine markings. It perches within humid forest or second growth and may be seen alone.
Adults are reddish brown overall, with a darker crown and paler rump. Fine dusky scaling marks the back and breast; males have a yellow to orange-buff breast patch that is often hidden.
It inhabits humid forest and second-growth woodland, often perching alone at mid-level inside the forest. It seems to favor streams or swampy places. Its diet is mainly arthropods, with small lizards and fruit also reported.
Juveniles have denser barring above and below, with a greyish cast to the face and lower throat.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.