This small bird lives in evergreen broadleaf forest in western and central Java. It has a brown crown and back, rufous-chestnut rump and wings, and eats insects.
The crown and back are chestnut brown, while the rump, uppertail coverts, and wing edges are rufous-chestnut.
It occurs in evergreen broadleaf forest at about 1,000–1,830 m, usually in small groups and sometimes in mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.