A small bird of elevated gibber plains in central to eastern South Australia. It uses dry shrubland and stony hills and plains.
It has a chestnut upper back and broad chestnut breast band, a white face and underparts, dark grey flight feathers and tail, and a short black bill.
It inhabits dry shrubland, stony hills, and plains. It builds a globe-shaped nest with a side entrance from dead twigs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.