A brown terrestrial bird with short bill, short legs, longish tail. Underparts paler than upperparts. White stripe at neck. Well camouflaged in its natural habitat.
Found on the forest floor, usually travelling on foot (it flies poorly). Probably eats insects and fruits.
Nests have been observed in November and December, about 1~2m above the ground and have held one egg. (UICN, 1990)
IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, viewed in July 2000, "Threatened Animals of the World", IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
Langrand, Olivier; 1990: Guide to the Birds of Madagascar, Yale University Press
Sinclair, I & Langrand, O.; 1998: Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands, Struik
UICN le Centre mondial de surveillance continue de la conservation de la nature, 1990, Madagascar, Profil de l'énvironnement, Cambridge, U.K., App. 3