Males show a strong contrast between a red cap and breast and a black face. They drop from a perch to search the ground for insects and other prey.
Males have black upperparts and white underparts, with a red cap and breast. Females are gray-brown above and pale below, with a reddish cap but little or no red on the breast.
It pounces on ground prey from a low branch or stump. It may also rake leaf litter with its feet and eats insects and other invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.