Meyer's Friarbird searches through the canopy of New Guinea's lowland forests. It has subdued brown-grey plumage and feeds on fruit, nectar, and insects.
The upperparts are dark grey-brown to dusky brown, diffusely streaked blackish brown; the underparts are paler grey-brown. A small patch of bluish-black bare skin surrounds the eye, and the black bill is slightly decurved. The sexes are similar.
It eats fruit, nectar, and insects, foraging mainly in dense foliage in the upper canopy. It is usually alone or in pairs and may chase smaller honeyeaters from trees. Breeding is poorly known.
It is 22 cm long.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.