The male and female have very different plumage. The species searches for insects in dense vines and shrubs at forest edges and in floodplain forest.
Males are dark grey to blackish with white tips on the wing coverts. Females are dark olive-brown above, with a rufous forehead and rufous sides and underparts.
It eats insects in dense vine and shrub tangles at forest edges and in floodplain or flooded forest, with pair records reported.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.