This flycatcher lives in eastern African grassland and semi-arid bushland. It drops from a perch to catch insects on the ground.
Adults have a pale bluish-gray head and upperparts with brownish-orange underparts. Juveniles have black-bordered tawny spots above and mottled buff-and-black markings on the throat and breast.
It uses Acacia grassland and semi-arid bushland with scattered large trees. It catches ground insects such as ants and locusts by pouncing from a perch, foraging alone or in pairs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.