Males stand out with a dark, slaty body, a blackish cap, and usually a bright pink throat. They search for insects and small fruits in the canopy of tropical forests.
Males are slaty gray with a dark cap and usually a bright pink throat. Some males in wetter regions lack the pink. Females range from gray to brown and may have a black, gray, or rusty crown. It is 16–18 cm long.
It uses woodland edges and open forests, perching to watch nearby foliage for prey. It eats insects, especially caterpillars, as well as fruits and seed pods. Both sexes build a large domed nest at the end of a branch, typically about 10 m above the ground and 2.5–19 m high. Clutches contain 3–6 eggs. The female incubates, both adults feed the young, and nestlings remain for at least 18 days.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.