The Manus Fantail lives on the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is recorded in forest, forest edges and scrub, and catches small invertebrates in the air.
Its back is described as cinnamon. The upper throat is white, the lower throat has a black patch, and the black chest feathers are edged with white.
Oiseaux.net summarizes the species as living in forest, forest edges and scrub, where it catches flying invertebrates in the air.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.