Males have a white throat that extends to the center of the belly, while females are more rufous. The species inhabits montane forest from northeastern India through Myanmar and western Thailand to Yunnan, China, where it searches for insects in dense undergrowth.
It is dark brown with white flank shaft streaks. The male has a white throat extending to the center of the belly; the female is more rufous-chestnut.
It searches for ants, beetles, and other insects close to the ground in montane broadleaf forest with thick undergrowth.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.