It has a blue-grey crown and lores, glossy black upperparts and throat, a white breast, buff belly, and red bill. In West African forest it forages in small, noisy flocks.
The crown and lores are blue-grey; the back and throat glossy black; the breast white; and the belly buff. It has a red bill, yellow eye, and orange eye wattle.
It occurs in mid-altitude and lowland forest, moving in small, noisy flocks and sometimes feeding in mixed-species parties.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.