This flycatcher is endemic to Grand Comoro. It is about 14 cm long, with grey-brown upperparts, pale dark-streaked underparts, and a yellow-orange bill and feet.
The account gives adults a length of about 14 cm, grey-brown upperparts, pale dark-streaked underparts, a streaked crown, and yellow-orange bill and feet.
It catches insects in short flights from low perches in trees or bushes. Oiseaux.net places it in dense forest and heath on Mount Karthala’s slopes, at 800–2,000 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.