This triller occurs on Makira, in Vanuatu, and in New Caledonia. Males are dark brown-black with a white wing patch, while females are browner; it uses habitats from edges and scrub to forest.
Males have glossy brown-black upperparts, a white wing patch, and a gray-white rump. Females are browner and buffier below.
It uses forest edges, scrub, secondary growth, villages, grassland, and also primary forest. Singles or small groups forage in the canopy or at lower levels in open habitats, eating insects and small fruits.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.