This small honeyguide has a slender bill and white outer tail feathers. It lives in moist forest and moves slowly, making it inconspicuous.
Its upperparts are dark olive-brown and its underparts yellowish buff. The outer tail feathers have extensive white; the upper mandible is black, while the yellow lower mandible is black near its tip.
It inhabits moist lowland and mountain forests. Its movements are slow, and it is easily overlooked in the forest.
The eyes are black, and the legs are dull yellowish grey.
The undertail-coverts are pale grey.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.