Its glossy dark brown back contrasts with a white belly. In southern African grasslands and farmland, it forages for insects on the ground, often in flocks.
Adults are dark brown with a greenish gloss on the head and back. The belly and undertail are white; the eyes are white and the lower mandible is yellow.
It forms flocks in grassland, dry scrub, and farmland, searching for insects on the ground. It also forages near livestock.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.