This small bird occurs in savannas and miombo woodland in central and eastern Africa. It has a dark gray head, barred underparts, and orange eyes.
The head is dark gray, the back brown, and the gray underparts are barred with darker lines. The eyes are orange and the legs pink.
It uses savanna and miombo woodland and gleans small invertebrates from leaves and stems near the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.