This tiny bird is about 8 cm long, with a brownish-grey head and back, darker wings and a short tail. It forages in pairs or family groups in dry savanna and shrubland.
This tiny bird is about 8 cm long, with a dull brownish-grey head and back, darker wings, and a very short tail. Its underside is off-white, and the sexes look alike.
In dry savanna and shrubland, it forages in pairs or family groups, sometimes with other small birds, moving constantly through scrub and acacias.
The bill is short, pointed and conical.
Juveniles have slightly warmer brown upperparts than adults.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.