This small flycatcher breeds in East Asia and moves south to India and Southeast Asia for winter. It catches flying insects in open woodland, parks, and gardens.
The upperparts are grey-brown and become greyer as feathers wear. The underparts are whitish with brown-tinged flanks, and the bill is broad-based. Young birds have scaly brown markings on the head, breast, and upperparts.
It uses open deciduous woodland and may also occur in mangroves, parks, gardens, and plantations. It eats invertebrates including beetles and wasps.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.