A field-guide account describes a dark brown bird with pale areas on the face, throat, upper breast and lower belly, plus a white wing patch. A Congo reserve survey found it common in open grassland.
The field-guide entry describes dark brown plumage, pale areas on the face, throat, upper breast and lower belly, and a white patch on the primaries.
The survey often recorded it in non-wooded grassland in the Lesio-Louna and Lefini reserves, usually singly or in pairs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.