Black head and throat, blackish wings, white chest, belly and undertail usually tinged with orange, hooked bill.
Found in primary rainforest, said to feed on insects, small reptiles and frogs. Often found in mixed bird parties. (UICN 1990)
IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, viewed in July 2000, "Threatened Animals of the World", IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
Langrand, Olivier; 1990: Guide to the Birds of Madagascar, Yale University Press
Sinclair, I & Langrand, O.; 1998: Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands, Struik
UICN le Centre mondial de surveillance continue de la conservation de la nature, 1990, Madagascar, Profil de l'énvironnement, Cambridge, U.K., App. 3