This small flycatcher is native to central and eastern Java, Indonesia. Males have glossy black-blue and chestnut plumage with white rump and tail markings.
The male has glossy black-blue upperparts and deep chestnut underparts, with a long graduated tail, white rump, and white outer tail feathers. The female is duller gray-brown, has a shorter tail, a pale-brown throat and chest, and lighter chestnut lower underparts.
It lives in lowland to mid-elevation forest edges, secondary woodland, parks, and village gardens, especially shaded, damp places. It searches for insects and spiders low in the understory, alone or in pairs. Males raise a short crest and display the tail during courtship. May and August breeding records are from Central Java; nests are placed in bushes or small trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.