This bird has dark bluish-gray head, back, wings, and tail with white underparts. It ranges from northern and eastern Australia to New Guinea, Fiji, and the Philippines, and mainly catches insects in flight.
The head, neck, back, tail, and wings are dark bluish gray; the underparts and underwings are white. The bluish bill has a black tip. Young birds have mottled brown upperparts and a pale eyebrow.
It inhabits eucalypt forests and woodlands, often near water, as well as mangroves. It mainly catches insects on the wing, but also forages on the ground and in the canopy.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.