A large brown warbler marked with black streaks, it shows a long trailing tail and flushes from fields, scrubby edges, and dense thickets.
Its warm brown body is streaked with black, with a chestnut rump and a long tail. When approached, it may suddenly flush from cover.
It lives in fields, scrubby edges, and dense thickets. Although retiring, it sometimes perches in the open or on wires and gives a rich warbling song.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.