This Bornean endemic has a patchy range in north-central Borneo. A survey in the Menyapa Mountains frequently recorded it at about 300 m.
The forehead feathers have white edges, the upperparts are olive-brown, and the underparts are pale yellow.
It has been recorded in Bornean hill and mid-elevation forest. The Menyapa survey frequently observed it at about 300 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.