This stonechat lives on Réunion. Males show a white eyebrow and wing patch and an orange breast, while the sexes differ in color.
Males are black with a white eyebrow and wing patch, white throat and belly, and orange breast. Male plumage is polymorphic, and some males resemble females. Females are grayer with rufous chest and belly.
It eats insects and uses native vegetation. In forest it occurs from 600 to 2,800 m, while birds in the south can occur near the coast.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.