This flycatcher lives in moist forests and wet areas of West and Central Africa. It has dark slate-gray upperparts and a white eyebrow, and feeds mainly on small invertebrates.
Adults are about 17 cm long, with dark slate upperparts, a white supraloral stripe and white underparts marked by faint gray crescent bars on the throat and chest. Juveniles are browner.
It forages alone or in pairs near water in moist lowland forest and swamp forest. Its diet is mainly insects and other invertebrates; spiders, worms and small fruits are also listed.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.