The Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher is a typical forest bird and is mostly seen in open canopy.
It is locally common in Uganda and Tanzania but rare elsewhere.
The male is a short-tailed black and white bird with a crest and conspicuous creamy-yellow eyes.
The female has a blackish head with a crest and rufous upperparts and wings and whitish washed pale rufous chest and belly.

A female. Bigodi Swamp, Kibale National Park, Uganda, 26 January 2025