This flycatcher is widespread across sub-Saharan Africa. It has gray upperparts, a white eye-ring and white outer tail feathers, and feeds on insects in riverine forest, mature woodland and savanna.
It has slate-gray head and upperparts, black lores, a white line above the bill and eye-ring, and a wholly white outer tail feather.
It uses riverine forest, mature woodland and savanna, feeding on insects, especially beetles according to the species account.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.