Adults occur on the New Georgia Islands of the western Solomon Islands. They use semi-evergreen forest and search for small invertebrates.
In adults, the forecrown to nape is white. The rest of the head, upperparts, and breast are glossy bluish black; the lower underparts are chestnut, and the bill is bluish gray.
It lives in semi-evergreen forest and feeds mainly on small invertebrates. It is seen in pairs, small groups, or mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.