This thrush is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi. It lives in remote forest ravines, and its main foods vary with the season.
Adults are olive-brown above and gray below, with a white eye-ring, pale pink legs, and a black bill.
Fruit dominates the nonbreeding-season diet, while insects are important during breeding. The female builds nests in cavities or on cliff ledges and incubates and broods the young.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.