Nominate adults have pale cheeks and a russet throat and chest. They wait quietly on open branches and dart out after prey.
Nominate adults have pale cheeks, a russet throat and chest, a broad black band below, and a long, square-ended tail.
Pairs often perch apart. The bird waits quietly on an open branch, then makes a short flight to catch larger prey. It eats many invertebrates and has also been recorded eating fruit.
Adults have an entirely black bill and yellow to white eyes.
Immatures have pale-buff scaling on the upperparts and chest band, a paler throat, and a shorter bill with a pale tip.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.