The Grey-headed Bristlebill occurs in West African forest, thickets, and lightly wooded savanna. Its slate-gray head and bill bristles are distinctive.
The head is slate gray, with noticeable rictal bristles beside the bill.
It uses forest, thickets, and lightly wooded savanna. It forages in leaf litter for ants, millipedes, spiders, and other arthropods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.