This bird occurs only on Indonesia’s Sangihe Island. It has dark olive-brown upperparts and pale underparts, and is found in the canopy of mature hill forest.
It is a chunky, thick-billed songbird. The head is grayish, the bill is pale with a dark tip, and the underparts have a pale buff wash.
It is usually encountered in pairs or small groups in the canopy of mature hill forest. Its loud song repeats about four phrases.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.