The Malaita Fantail is endemic to the mountain forests of Malaita. A survey recorded it foraging in the understory of mossy forest.
The survey describes it as having few conspicuous markings but a noticeably large black eye.
In East Kwaio, a bird actively foraged in the dense understory of mossy primary montane forest and moved about in a typical fantail manner.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.