The Buru Cuckooshrike is a grey forest bird from Buru Island, with black markings around the eye and on the chin.
The head and back are grey, with black around the eye and on the chin; the tail is dark. The throat and underparts are paler grey, and the undertail is ashy white. Females have duskier lores and whiter undertail-coverts.
Nestlings have been reported in early February.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.