Breeding habits pressumed to be similar to the Blue-headed fantail which nests in a small cup made of plant fibers, roots and moss and lays 2 cream colored eggs with gray spots and blotches.

[3] The IUCN Red List classifies this bird as vulnerable with population estimates of 2,500 to 9,999 mature individuals.

This species' main threat is habitat loss with wholesale clearance of forest habitats as a result of legal and illegal logging, and conversion into farmlands through Slash-and-burn and other methods.The species does not occur at high density even within the little remaining forest cover on Tablas: Mt Palaupau serves as a watershed for Tablas Island.

initiate education and awareness campaigns to raise the species's profile and instill pride in locals.

Lobby for protection of remaining forest and assess feasibility of reforestation projects,[5] This Rhipiduridae-related article is a stub.