This white-eye is endemic to Malaita in the Solomon Islands. It is abundant above 200 m in the surveyed area and is generally restricted to the canopy of large trees.
Its head and upperparts are olive green, with no white feathered eye-ring. The throat and breast are pale yellow-green, becoming yellower on the belly.
The survey recorded it mainly in the canopy of large trees. It was among the most abundant passerines above 200 m in the study area.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.