This wattle-eye inhabits humid lowland forest in West Africa. Males have glossy black upperparts and females dark grey upperparts; both have blue eye wattles and chestnut cheek patches.
Blue wattles surround the eyes, and chestnut patches extend from below the eyes to the upper breast and sides of the neck. The throat is black and the lower breast and belly are white. The male has glossy black upperparts; the female has dark grey upperparts.
It occurs in the understory of humid lowland forest and feeds on invertebrates. The cited species data also describe short surface-sallying searches for prey.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.