This lory occurs on New Ireland and nearby islands of Papua New Guinea's Bismarck Archipelago. It feeds on fruit and flowers of wild oil palms in deciduous forest.
Adults are mostly red, with a black forehead and crown, a white patch on the nape, a thin yellow stripe along each side of the neck, and green wings.
It occurs in deciduous forest and feeds on fruit and flowers of wild oil palms. The profile notes that other habits are not well known.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.