Adult males and females look alike, with olive-brown upperparts, a white throat, and pale rufous underparts. On New Guinea it searches for insects mainly in the lower vegetation of forest.
Adult males and females are alike. The forehead, lores, and crown are dark slate-gray; the upperparts are warm olive-brown; the chin and throat are white; and the underparts are light rufous. Juveniles have rufous plumage.
It eats insects, foraging mainly in the lower storey and undergrowth of forest.
The eyes are dark brown and the bill is black.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.