This small bird has been conserved across the Seychelles islands. A 2001 action plan describes its olive-brown plumage and leaf-gleaning habits; a 2019 report says populations had become established on five islands.
It has a long tail and a horn-colored bill. The upperparts are dull olive-brown, the underside pale yellowish, and a buff line marks the eyebrow.
It lives in thick scrub and dense woodland with tall Pisonia trees. It gleans insects from the undersides of Pisonia, Morinda and Ficus leaves, and also catches flying insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.