This island flycatcher has glossy black males and gray females. Its range includes islands off northwestern New Guinea.
Males are glossy black with a purplish-blue sheen. Females are gray, with brown flight feathers and a dark facial mask.
It uses forest and is often seen in pairs. It occurs in well-developed secondary, selectively logged, and primary forest, mostly in the midstorey and canopy. On Supiori, it has been recorded up to about 400 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.