This black flycatcher is recorded in Sierra Leone’s Gola Forest National Park. It lives inside primary forest and catches insects in the canopy or from crevices in branches.
It has metallic-black plumage and a shorter tail than the Northern Black Flycatcher, according to the report.
It occurs inside primary lowland forest with closed canopy. The report describes groups of four to six, pairs during breeding, and insects taken in the air or from cracks and moss on branches.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.