This owlet-nightjar is known from records in New Caledonia. Very few records are known, so little is understood about its way of life.
Specimens are described as finely mottled grey-brown and black, with short rounded wings, a long slightly rounded tail, and stout legs.
A report from 1998 may describe one searching for insects at dusk in evergreen riverine forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.