About 13 cm long. A gray head and back contrast with a yellow face, throat, and underparts, with a dark line through the eye.
The crown, back, and tail are gray; the face, throat, and underparts are yellow. A dark line crosses the eye, and females are reported to be paler than males.
It lives in forest in New Guinea, with records from 400–1,800 m, and gleans insects among branches and leaves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.