This drongo lives in moist lowland forest in West and Central Africa. Its black plumage flashes green to blue-purple, and it has red eyes and a slightly forked tail. It sallies from perches to catch large insects.
The plumage is black with green to blue-purple iridescence. The iris is red and the tail is slightly forked.
In the lower canopy of moist lowland forest, it sallies from a horizontal perch to catch large insects and may follow army-ant swarms.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.