This flycatcher lives in northern Australia. Adult males have a blue sheen on dark upperparts, while females often show an orange-buff breast.
Adult males have mostly black upperparts with a blue sheen. Females have duller gray-black upperparts and usually an orange-buff breast; males can also show a dull orange-buff breast flush.
It inhabits tropical eucalypt woodland, Melaleuca woodland, and riverine woodland. Its recorded diet is mainly invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.