Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forests.

Dicrurus lophorinus Vieillot, 1817, was in the past been placed in monospecific Dissemurulus, or in Dissemuroides.

May form a super species with D. paradiseus, often treated as conspecific, but differs in tail morphology and probably in voice.

Few inter grades with race ceylonicus of D. paradises formerly reported along border between wet and dry zones, but interbreeding not now possible, since suitable habitat no longer remains between the two ecological zones, now completely separated.

The species can be found throughout Wet zone of South Western parts of Sri Lanka, from Deduru Oya to Walawe.