A small Ground-Roller with a rufous head and belly, bronze green upperparts, black breast-collar flecked with white.
Very little seems to be known definitely about this bird. It is probably found in dense rainforest, probably eats insects, probably mates in December / January. It is said to disappear between May and August. It is said to nest in holes in the ground. (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