This small African bird uses savanna, shrubland and inland wetlands. The current IUCN assessment places it in the genus Delacourella.
The head and breast are grey, the cheek is white, the upperparts olive, and a black bib is conspicuous.
It uses savanna and shrubland as well as riverside habitat and inland wetlands. Accounts list fruit, grass seeds and insects among its foods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.