Common breeding resident in forests and adjoining well wooded home
gardens of lowlands and hills up to 1700m a.s.l., while more frequent in the
wet zone and riverine habitats of the dry zone. It feeds on flying insects in
usual flycatcher habits and constantly travels about in the canopy solitary or
in pairs. The breeding season is from March to May and, the nest a small deep
cup placed in a fork of small sapling few feet from the ground to higher levels
of the canopy.
