This honeyeater lives across southern mainland Australia. Its upswept yellow neck plume is distinctive, and it searches the outer foliage of trees and shrubs for insects and nectar.
It has a long, down-curved black bill and a dark face, with a distinctive upswept yellow neck plume. The head is olive-green, and the grey-brown underparts are heavily streaked.
It occurs in mallee, open woodland, and freshwater wetlands. It feeds on insects, lerps, and nectar in outer foliage, on trunks and branches, and sometimes on the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.