A small bird that gleans prey from leaves and branches in acacia woodland. It ranges across southern Africa and also occurs in dry riverbeds.
It is bluish grey above and pale buff below. Pale yellow eyes and rufous cheeks and ear-coverts are distinctive; a small rusty throat bar may be faint or absent.
It gleans prey from leaves and branches, sometimes in mixed-species flocks. Its diet is not well studied, but it is known to eat insects, larvae, spiders, and sometimes Mountain Aloe nectar.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.