This Cuban endemic lives in coastal scrub. An older specimen account records a fine black line from the eye toward the ear-coverts, bluish-grey upperparts, and ashy-white underparts.
Cory's 1886 account describes a fine black line running from above the eye to the ear-coverts, bluish-grey upperparts, and ashy-white underparts. The outer tail feathers have white areas.
A survey in the eastern Siboney-Juticí reserve found a strong association with open, low coastal and pre-coastal dry scrub, with uneven distribution inside this habitat.
A breeding study of three pairs in a refuge at the Bay of Nuevitas from May to July 2005 recorded cup-shaped nests woven from plant fibers, incubation, and parental care. Clutches averaged three eggs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.