[2] This species is an endemic resident breeder in the hills of central Sri Lanka.

The main breeding season is in March and April, but a second brood is often reared later in the year.

It is similar in shape to the spotted flycatcher and has a loud melodic song..

Juvenile dull-blue flycatchers are brown, heavily spotted on the head, back, wing-coverts and breast with pale buff; their flight feathers are broadly edged with blue-grey.

This bird appears in 50 Sri Lankan rupee bank note (2010 series).