The Nilgiri Flycatcher occurs in India's Western Ghats. Males are greenish indigo-blue with white patches at the tail base; females are smaller and grey-brown.
The Zoological Survey of India account describes the male as greenish indigo-blue with white patches at the tail base. The smaller female has grey-brown upperparts washed with greenish blue.
A report for Longwood Shola in Tamil Nadu records the species in high-elevation shola forest, grassland and associated habitats, and describes it as insectivorous.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.