The male's blue plumage and drooping crest stand out on this Philippine monarch flycatcher. BirdLife's 2001 account describes it in forest canopy and midstory, at forest edges, and in second growth.
The male has bright blue back, throat, and breast, lighter blue lower back, wings, and tail, and lilac cheeks. Its crest droops over the head and may be raised when the bird is excited. The female is described as smaller, duller, and shorter-crested.
BirdLife's 2001 account summarizes records from below 1,000 m in forest canopy and midstory, at forest edges, and in second growth. Birds were reported singly or in mixed flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.