This flycatcher forages in young vegetation created by rivers. Males are black; females have gray upperparts and pale, streaked underparts.
Males are all black with a bluish-gray bill. Females have gray upperparts, a whitish breast with broad dusky streaks, and a gray tail with some rufous.
It forages in young river-created habitats, including stands of canebrake, sometimes mixed with Tessaria.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.