This drongo occurs in the Lesser Sundas and southeastern Moluccas of Indonesia and in Timor-Leste. It has glossy blue-black plumage and a long, deeply forked tail.
Its plumage is blue-black with a green sheen, and its long tail is deeply forked. Subspecies differ in size, bill size, and gloss.
It uses moist lowland forest, mangroves, and montane forest, sallying from a perch under the canopy to catch insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.