This small bird lives in dry acacia scrub and steppe in eastern Africa. The consulted range summary places it in Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya.
It is about 9 cm long and weighs about 10 g. A regional field guide describes its bill as longer than the Red-faced Crombec's and its underparts as isabelline grey, paler on the throat.
It is diurnal and occurs in dry acacia steppe and scrub. The source records it as an invertebrate feeder that gleans in trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.