This small bird occurs in miombo woodland. A survey in northern Mozambique found it on the lower slopes of Mt Chitagal and Mt Sanga and recorded up to four territorial individuals in a day.
Its back is rufous-brown and each wing has two bars. The underside is pale with fine black bars.
The Njesi Plateau survey recorded the species in miombo woodland on the lower slopes of Mt Chitagal and Mt Sanga. It recorded up to four territorial individuals there in a day.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.