This forest flycatcher searches for invertebrates near the forest floor. The current Oiseaux.net account uses Chamaetylas poliocephala; the pool had the older genus Pseudalethe.
About 15 cm long, with a grey head and face, white eyebrow, brown to olive upperparts, and white underparts.
It is diurnal and terrestrial, feeding on invertebrates on the forest floor. It occurs in lowland and lower-montane forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.