A small bird endemic to Madagascar. It uses woody habitats including forest, scrub, savanna, plantations and vegetation around villages.
It is small and active, with a slender, sharp bill and grey nape. The throat is usually lightly streaked, with regional variation.
It uses wooded habitats from forest and scrub to savanna, plantations and village vegetation, and often joins mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.