The Principe White-eye is endemic to Príncipe Island in the Gulf of Guinea. Small groups forage high in trees, and most records are from native forest.
The article describes a grey bill, sometimes with a slight pink tinge on the lower mandible. It lacks the cinnamon flank patch found on the São Tomé White-eye.
Field records include small groups foraging high in trees, sometimes in mixed-species flocks. Most records are from intact native forest, with some from secondary forest and abandoned plantation edges.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.