This blue flycatcher was recorded on Tanahjampea in the Flores Sea. A 2017 field report describes observations in forest, forest edge, bamboo, and dense scrub. Checklists differ on whether it is a separate species or a subspecies of the Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher.
A 2017 field report contrasts the female throat: orange in the Tanahjampea form and whitish in the blue flycatcher recorded on nearby Kalao.
The field report records birds in forest, forest edge, bamboo, and dense scrub, and says they were usually encountered in pairs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.