 Young birds are similar to the female, but have paler plumage and weaker wing bars.It has a dry "pzeek" call, and the male's song consists of high whistled notes ending with a buzz, "chee shee shee shee paah".This is an uncommon bird at the edges and clearings of mountain forests, and in scrubby second growth, bamboo clumps, and bushy pastures from 1500 m altitude to the timberline.