It is a babbler with rich brown upperparts, grey and buff underparts, and a long tail. Its feeding and habitat were studied in riverine grasslands of Pakistan.
It is about 17 cm long, with rich brown upperparts and grey and buff underparts. The tail is long and graduated, and the bill is short and stubby.
In a study of Pakistan’s Indus plains, birds used grassland with Phragmites, Typha, and Saccharum; adults ate insects, arachnids, and grains.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.