This laughingthrush relative inhabits montane forest in the Albertine Rift. Species accounts place it at 1,500–3,200 m and describe it gleaning invertebrates.
The indexed profile describes dull olive-brown plumage, a darker crown, wings, and tail, rufous neck, breast, and rump, and a pale area around the eye.
Records place it in forest and mountain habitat at 1,500–3,200 m. It gleans invertebrates from vegetation and is listed as sedentary.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.