White-eared Catbirds live in forests in northwestern New Guinea and nearby islands. Their green backs and white ear patches stand out, and they eat fruit and insects.
Adults have a brown crown with a greenish tinge, mostly white ear coverts, and pale cinnamon underparts marked with large black spots. The sexes look similar.
It eats fruit and insects, foraging among foliage alone, in pairs, or in small family groups.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.