A forest monarch found in the New Georgia group of the Solomon Islands. Adults are black and white, but the extent of white varies among island subspecies.
Adults are glossy black over the upperparts, throat and breast, with white areas on the underparts and other parts of the body. The extent of white differs among island subspecies, and immatures look different.
It is a forest insectivore. On Kolombangara it is reported in the forest understory, usually in groups of two or three.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.