This forest bird is recorded on Biak and Supiori in Indonesia. A 2023 island survey reported repeated encounters in forest at Warafri in south-east Biak and records near Korrido on Supiori.
The paper's photograph caption describes the pictured bird as dull-coloured, with a relatively long flesh-coloured bill and bright legs, and no obvious pale eyebrow.
The paper reports repeated encounters in forest at Warafri in south-east Biak from 2018 onward. Another record was near Korrido on Supiori.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.