This small bird has olive-brown upperparts and pale underparts. It inhabits mountain forest and secondary growth in northwestern New Guinea.
It has olive-brown upperparts, a buff-tinged forehead, a prominent buff eye-ring, and pale creamy underparts with a white belly.
It uses moist mid-montane forest, secondary growth, and village gardens. The account describes it feeding on insects and moving in small groups or mixed flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.