The Pygmy Drongo is a sedentary small bird of New Guinea's mountain forests. Adults have dark plumage, a blue-violet crest, and a blue sheen.
Adults are sooty black with a blue metallic sheen on the back, a short blue-violet crest, and a strongly hooked tip to the upper bill.
It darts from middle or lower branches to catch insects. It forages alone or in small mixed flocks and may act as a lookout in a group.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.