This helmetshrike lives in Central African forest. It is reported in family groups and mixed-species flocks, from lowland to mid-elevation forest.
It has a blue-grey crown, glossy black upperparts, grey throat, white breast and rufous belly. The account also notes a red bill, yellow eye and orange wattle.
It inhabits lowland and mid-elevation forest, occurring in family groups and mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.