A compact broadbill of African forests, with a blue-gray head, a stout bill, and a breast patch that differs by sex.
It has a blue-gray head, brown back, stout bill, and pale streaked belly.
Pairs occur in the middle levels and understory of lowland and montane forest.
It gives a thin whistle and performs a display with a mechanical rattling sound from its wings.
The breast-side patch is orange in males and buff in females.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.