A Bornean mountain thrush of mossy forest and track edges, with olive-brown upperparts, a reddish tail and pale orange, scaly-looking underparts.
Adults are olive-brown above, with reddish tail feathers and a pale orange underside patterned like scales. Females are similar to males.
It lives in mossy montane forest and searches damp leaf litter and low vegetation along grassy tracks for food. Records cited here are from 1,200–2,200 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.