A Yapen Island survey in New Guinea recorded a white ear patch, dull dark back and belly, and a stout bill. There, birds occurred from forest understorey to canopy and were usually alone.
The Yapen account describes a clean white ear patch, dull dark upperparts and underparts, and a stout bill. Its wingbeats are conspicuously loud.
On Yapen Island it was recorded from the forest understorey to the canopy, usually alone but sometimes in mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.