A cuckooshrike of Sulawesi and nearby islands. Males are sharply black and white, while females are dark gray and white; it uses lowland and hill forest.
Males are black above and white below, with a white rump. Females are dark gray with black wings and tail and white rump, belly and undertail; the bill is bluish gray.
It lives in lowland and hill forest on Sulawesi and nearby islands, depending on primary forest up to about 900 m. It has been recorded along forest edges and in treetops and is considered resident.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.