The Talaud Bush-hen is a rail of Indonesia's Talaud Islands. It uses forest, scrub and overgrown plantations.
The head and upperparts are dark brown, while the underparts and flanks are dark slate blue-grey. It has a large, thick pale-green bill and yellow legs that become more olive towards the rear.
It inhabits forest and scrub, and has also been recorded in overgrown plantations.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.