This large, long-legged rail has chestnut underparts and greenish legs. It occurs in dense grassland and scrub in the lowlands and lower hills of Sulawesi.
It has long legs, rich chestnut underparts, dull brown upperparts, a greenish bill, and greenish-yellow legs.
It is typically encountered in pairs or small groups in dense, rank grassland or thick scrub in Sulawesi lowlands and lower hills.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.