This small bird ranges across New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and Vanuatu. It uses forest and secondary growth, gleaning insects from leaves and branches.
The upperparts are olive-brown, with a greyer olive head, a pale throat, and lemon-yellow flanks and belly. Females are paler than males, while juveniles have yellowish underparts.
It occurs in forest and secondary growth, as well as village gardens and scrub. It gleans insects, larvae, and pupae from foliage, twigs, and branches.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.