The Friendly Fantail is a fantail widespread in the mountains of New Guinea. The Mimika bird guide reports it as widespread in that region’s mountains.
It is a 14.5 cm black fantail with a white chin, eyebrow, wing spots, and belly.
It uses the lower and middle levels of montane forest at roughly 1,400–3,925 m. Its song repeats about three to seven short notes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.