This cuckooshrike lives in forests in the Solomon Islands and around Bougainville. Major current bird checklists treat Edolisoma holopolium as a full species.
Adults differ in plumage by sex. Males have grey upperparts and black across the face, throat, and belly; females are mainly grey.
It is a forest-dwelling, sedentary bird. The species account classifies its main food as invertebrates, including insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.