In Bangladesh, this is a rare winter visitor recorded in eastern hill forests. Its wider range extends across South, East and Southeast Asia.
In the Red List photograph, the head and back look bluish gray, with paler underparts.
By day, it forages in the middle and upper canopy and feeds chiefly on insects. The account lists broadleaf evergreen forest, bamboo, secondary growth and moist hillside forest as habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.