Males have a black head, chestnut body and long tail streamers. The species lives in wooded parts of western, central and eastern Africa south of the Sahara, and eats insects.
The male has a black head, chestnut plumage, a black wingbar and long tail streamers. The female is duller and lacks the streamers.
It uses moist savanna woodland and catches insects among the trees. The account describes a small cup nest in a tree and two eggs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.