A small bird of dark shola forest and gullies in India's Western Ghats. Its blue-gray upperparts contrast with a white belly, and it searches for insects near the ground.
The head, chest, back and wings are slate-blue to gray, with a sharply contrasting white belly. The depth of blue varies among populations.
It searches for insects near the ground in dense undergrowth of shaded shola forest and gullies. Feeding at dusk is also reported.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.