It occurs in New Guinea forest and forest edges and has been recorded to about 1,200 m. Males are slaty gray; females are browner.
Males are slaty gray, darker on the head sides and upperparts. Females are rufous-brown with a gray crown and dark lores.
It uses forest and forest edge to about 1,200 m. In the Mimika region it has been reported from sago and heath forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.