This fantail is endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines. It has a black head with a white eyebrow and cinnamon-colored back and rump. It lives in montane forest, feeds mostly on insects, and sometimes joins mixed-species feeding flocks.
It has a black head and white supercilium. The back and rump are cinnamon, and the black flight feathers have cinnamon edges.
It lives in montane forest and eats mostly insects. It sometimes joins feeding flocks with other bird species.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.