It will occasionally enter scrub and is found, albeit infrequently, in mangrove forests.

[2] The Palau fantail is an active feeder, hopping and flying while searching for prey, which can be caught in the air from or gleaned from vegetation.

It moves through the subcanopy and undergrowth of the forest, occasionally, taking prey from tree trunks and rocks.

Its nest is a tightly woven cup with a trailing tail set in a fork in a branch.

It is one of the more common forest birds in Palau, and is listed as least concern by the IUCN.