They have a chestnut face with a grey crown and nape, and an incomplete white eye ring.

The wings and tail are olive-brown and the flanks paler olive, tending towards buff-yellow on the breast.

Single birds, pairs or flocks of up to thirty will feed, usually in the lower growth of the forest, but occasionally up to the canopy.

It generally is more common in higher altitudes above 1,400 meters above sea level but has been seen as low as 100 masl.

Due to its ability to thrive in second growth and human altered habitat, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed this bird as a least-concern species with the population believed to be stable.