A small falcon of tropical Asian forest and forest edges. It hunts small birds and insects from perches and is marked by a pale eyebrow, rufous underparts, and black thighs.
The upperparts are dark, with a white eyebrow and throat and whitish-to-rufous underparts. The thighs and ear coverts are black.
It waits on exposed branches at forest edges and flies out to catch small birds or insects. Tree holes are recorded as nest sites.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.