The Eastern Black-headed Batis is a small, dark bird with a sharply defined white eyebrow. It searches for insects in the dry forests and savannas of East Africa.
Its plumage is very dark, with a sharply defined white eyebrow above the eye.
It mainly eats insects, catching them in short sallies from a perch or gleaning them from foliage.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.