This small bird lives in forest on Bougainville Island. Its identification guide notes a rounded body and cocked tail, with chestnut-brown upperparts and slate-gray underparts.
The identification text describes a compact, rounded bird with a cocked tail, chestnut-brown upperparts, slate-gray underparts, a paler rufous head, and a darker stripe behind the eye.
The species data page associates it with forest and dense cover and describes gleaning invertebrates from trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.