This small robin has a brown back. It uses tall grass savanna and scrub near woodland, where it searches for invertebrates on the ground.
About 15 cm long, with grey-brown to olive-brown upperparts, a white eyebrow, white wing bars, and a rufous rump and tail.
It is diurnal and terrestrial, feeding on ground invertebrates. It uses tall grassland and scrub near woodland, with records up to about 2,200 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.