This akalat searches for small prey near the forest floor. It inhabits forest and swamp forest, and has rufous tones on the face.
The crown is dark gray, the lores pale, and a white stripe runs above the eye. The mantle is tawny olive.
It inhabits lowland and montane forest, including swamp forest, and eats insects and other small prey.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.