The Makira Fantail is about 16–17 cm long and occurs on Makira Island. A survey on the island’s south coast found it in unlogged forest between 40 and 380 m elevation.
It is about 16–17 cm long.
It is active by day and is reported to catch small invertebrates on short aerial sallies in forest. A south-coast survey on Makira recorded it in unlogged forest with closed canopy.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.