The male has a lemon-yellow breast patch over a white belly; the female's breast is buff. The species occurs locally in lowland southeastern Africa and uses palm savanna and grassland.
The face is grayish with a dark gray malar stripe. The upperparts are pale gray-brown with dark streaks and the rump is yellow. The male has a yellow breast patch above a white belly; the female's breast is buff.
It uses lowland palm savanna, floodplain grassland, clearings in dry woodland, and grassland. A regional account describes solitary nesting and breeding from December to February in the south.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.