The Teardrop White-eye is recorded on four islands in the Faichuk group of Chuuk Lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia. It has been observed in old native forest and secondary forest, where it gleans insects from foliage.
It is almost uniformly dark brown, with a black bill, orange legs, and a teardrop-shaped white mark below the eye.
It is recorded in old native forest and secondary growth and gleans insects from foliage. On Tol South, records on Mount Winipot are concentrated in well-developed native forest above 400 m; the assessment reports lower density in forest mixed with plantations.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.