This flycatcher hunts insects in mangrove forest. It has dark-blue upperparts and orange underparts, with different facial and throat colors in females.
The upperparts are dark blue and the underparts orange-rufous, with white undertail coverts. Males have dark-blue lores; females have white lores and a buffy-orange throat.
It is a true mangrove species and hunts insect prey below the canopy. It is mostly solitary; family flocks may occur during the breeding season.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.