It is recorded on the Kangean Islands of Indonesia in scrub, teak plantations, and forest edges. In one Macaulay Library record of a juvenile, the gape was pale yellow, the throat feathers looked loose, and the tail was short.
One juvenile in a Macaulay Library record had a pale yellow gape, loosely textured throat feathers, and a short, stubby tail.
It is recorded in scrub, overgrown teak plantations, forest edges, and native or degraded forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.