This cuckooshrike is described from the canopy of tall forest in New Guinea. It has an orange-yellow body and black wings with white bars.
The forehead and brow are greyish white, the crown olive-grey, and the neck through abdomen orange-yellow. The throat and upper breast are black, and the black wings carry 2 white bars.
The account describes pairs or small parties in the canopy of tall forest and reports fruit in the diet.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.