Rhipidura matthiae Heinroth, 1902

Has black head with large white patch over most of crown, broad white malar stripe, upperparts including wings and tail, uniform rich reddish-rufous, breast black, lower abdomen white, flanks brown, iris dark brown, bill black, legs slaty blue to dark slate. Sexes alike. Immature has nape and breast dark brown, abdomen suffused with chesnut-red, base of lower mandible pale.