It lives in open lowland and foothill woodland and searches shrubs and other vegetation for invertebrates, including spiders. Its flask-shaped nest has a long entrance that slopes downward.
It is 14–15 cm long. Adults have rufous-brown upperparts, a strong white eyebrow, white cheeks streaked with black, white underparts, and heavy black bars on the flanks and lower belly. Immatures are duller and lightly mottled below.
It uses forest clearings, second growth, and scrubby or open woodland. It eats invertebrates, including spiders. The flask-shaped nest is placed in a shrub or thorn-tree fork; the female incubates three or four eggs for about two weeks, and young fledge about two weeks later.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.