This small bird is 10–12 cm long and uses lowland wetlands and mangroves. It is active by day and searches trees for invertebrates.
It is 10–12 cm long and weighs 7–7.5 g.
It is active by day and uses lowland freshwater wetlands and mangroves. It gleans invertebrates from trees.
Adults have black or brown bills and a black gape.
Juveniles have a pale base to the lower mandible and a cream or yellow gape.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.