This honeyeater was described from the Foja Mountains of western New Guinea. Field researchers recorded it above 1,150 m in forest interior and at forest edge, foraging in middle and upper vegetation for small fruits.
Bright orange-red bare skin around the eye and pendant wattles are its distinctive facial features, as described in the original Auk paper.
It was recorded above 1,150 m in humid montane forest, both in forest interior and along edges. Researchers repeatedly saw it foraging in middle and upper vegetation, especially at plants bearing small fruits.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.