This African rail appears in grasslands as rainfall temporarily floods them. The pictured male has a reddish-brown head and breast with white streaks across a dark back.
The male photographed in the Udzungwa Mountains has a reddish-brown head and breast and a dark back marked with white streaks.
Pairs hold territories and breed when seasonal rain floods short grassland. The species moves in response to rainfall and is thought to eat small grass seeds and small insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.