It occurs in New Guinea’s mountains and may gather with other species at flowering trees.
In the nominate race, the head is dark brown with a cinnamon eyebrow. The source also describes yellow bare skin around the eye and pale scaly markings on the throat and back.
It searches the mid-storey and canopy alone, in pairs, or in small groups, sometimes probing lichens on branches and trunks for insects. Flowering trees can attract larger mixed-species gatherings.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.