An endemic flycatcher of India's Western Ghats, living in dense foothill forest. Checked sources spell its scientific name Cyornis pallidipes, correcting the pool spelling Cyornis pallipes.
The male is sky-blue with a pale belly. The female is brown with a grey head, orange throat and chest, rufous tail, pale lores, and dark irises.
It inhabits dense foothill forest and joins mixed-species flocks in winter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.