It has an olive-brown head, pale eyebrow, white throat, broad brown breast band, and white belly. It occurs in the shaded understory of lowland and montane forest.
The head is olive-brown with a buff eyebrow, the tail and tail coverts are chestnut, and the white throat is separated from white underparts by a broad brown breast band.
It occurs about 2–10 m above ground in tall, deeply shaded forest understory. Flycatching was observed; one historical stomach specimen contained beetles, caterpillars, spiders, and bugs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.