This small bird has an orange crown. It moves in small groups through mountain-forest thickets on New Guinea and gleans invertebrates from leaf undersides.
It has an orange crown, buffy-orange underparts, and orange and olive tones on the upperparts.
In mountain rainforest, it moves in groups through vine and climbing-bamboo thickets, rarely flies, and gleans invertebrates from leaf undersides.
The bill is flattened and wider than it is deep.
The adult female described from the Arfak Mountains had a white throat and chestnut crown, cheeks and ear-coverts.
The tail is longer than the wing and strongly graduated, while the wing is rounded.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.