This small bird is recorded in Sierra Leone's forest-fauna compendium. It has a black head and face, rufous wings and tail, and is reported from streamside forest thickets.
The head, face and neck are black; the wings and tail are rufous, and the belly to the undertail coverts is yellowish brown.
It inhabits dense thickets in closed forest near streams and feeds on insects and earthworms.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.