This warbler inhabits lowland forest in West Africa. It has slate-colored upperparts and a dark brown-black head and neck, and gleans insects from leaves and branches.
Its upperparts are slate-colored, its head and neck brownish black, and its ashy sides fade to white on the lower breast and undertail. Tail feathers have buff-white tips.
It uses lowland moist and deciduous forest, including secondary and gallery forest. Pairs or small family groups glean insects from leaves and branches.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.