This small honeyeater is endemic to Australia. It feeds on nectar and is marked by a pale grey front and a yellow tuft near the ear coverts.
The front from the throat to the undertail coverts is light grey, with darker grey streaks on the chest. The crown and ear coverts are olive-grey; the ear-coverts end in a thin black mark and a broad bright-yellow plume. Its black bill is slightly down-curved.
The species account describes it as a small nectar-eating bird.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.