A honeyeater of mallee heath in southern Australia. It feeds mainly on nectar, but also takes insects.
It is grey-olive above and buff-yellow below, with a dark eye-stripe, yellow throat streak, pointed yellow ear-coverts and a purple gape.
In mallee heath, it takes nectar mainly from mallee eucalypts and banksias, and also eats insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.