This small bird lives in semi-arid savanna in southern Africa. Fine barring and pale cheeks help identify it, and it sings a high trill from a tree top.
It has fine black barring, whitish cheeks and lores, and pale underparts.
In semi-arid Acacia and broadleaf savanna it occurs in pairs or small groups and gleans caterpillars and other insects from leaves and branches. It sings from an open perch near a small tree top.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.