This small bird often fans its long tail. It has an observation record from Mont Koghi, New Caledonia, and lives in forest and forest edge.
It is small and often fans its long tail. The body is mostly reddish-brown, with a grey-brown head, white eyebrow and cheek stripes, and a white throat and chest finely marked with black arrowheads.
It occurs in forest and forest edge and avoids open areas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.