This shrike has a grey back and white underparts and searches for prey in dry grassland.
Adults are 20–21 cm long and weigh 48–58 g. The head, nape, and bill are black; the mantle is grey, the underparts white, and the wings have white-tipped secondaries.
It is associated with dry savanna and tropical grassland, and catches invertebrates and small warm-blooded animals on the ground.
It is mostly resident, although some individuals wander.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.