Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant - Heading back from the main antwren site, we stopped by the open shed mentioned in Minns’s directions and took the track opposite for about 100m. This is where Martyn had seen one only a week or so before - I saw one briefly as it disappeared into a tangle, but it wouldn't come out again in the short time we had left. Another male Black-hooded Antwren showed briefly here too. More
Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus furcatus) - The one we saw at Perequ More