The main reported range is the Central Cordillera and Sierra Madre on Luzon, Philippines. It catches aquatic invertebrates beside rocky streams and riparian thickets. Males are dark slaty blue above with chestnut rump, tail and belly; females are similar but duller. The sources use Phoenicurus bicolor; this entry retains the pool name Rhyacornis bicolor.
Males are dark slaty blue above, with a brownish tinge to the wings and chestnut rump, tail, belly and vent. Females are similar but duller, with a brownish tail.
It lives beside rocky streams and in riparian thickets, where it feeds on aquatic invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.