A small bird of woodland on Rodrigues Island, it has olive-brown upperparts and moves quietly among leaves while foraging.
It has olive-brown upperparts, a pale cheek, and yellowish lores. The underparts are pale lemon in fresh plumage and gray-white when worn.
It quietly gleans small invertebrates in the canopy and subcanopy. The study treats the species as resident on the island.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.