Males have blue-gray and orange plumage, while females are gray-brown with pale mottling. It lives in grassland and rocky slopes and forages on the ground.
The male is blue-gray from the head to the upper breast and across the back, with orange on the lower breast and belly. The female is gray-brown with pale mottling above and dark streaks on the throat and breast.
It uses open grassland, heathland, and fynbos, often on rocky slopes. It occurs singly, in pairs, or in small groups, and searches the ground for insects and other food, often dropping from a low perch.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.