The male has a black head and back with orange-red underparts and rump. The female is mostly gray and yellow. It searches for insects among trees.
The male has a black head, back, and wings, with orange-red underparts, rump, tail edges, and wing patches. The female is gray above, with yellow on the face, underparts, tail, and wings.
It occurs in forests, swamp forests, other wooded habitats, and hill gardens. It catches insects in trees, sometimes flushing prey from foliage with its wings. Its cup-shaped nest uses small twigs and spider web; the female does most incubation.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.