The Olive Whistler occurs in southeastern Australia and Tasmania, using wet forests and alpine heath. It has a dark grey head and olive-brown back. Females are duller and lack the throat barring, while juveniles are more rufous-brown. It feeds mainly on insects, foraging in trees, shrubs, and on the ground.
It has a dark grey head, olive-brown upperparts, and a white throat with broken grey barring. Females are duller, with a more olive-brown head and an unbarred throat; juveniles are more rufous-brown.
It uses tall wet forest, woodland, rainforest, and alpine heath. It feeds mainly on insects, foraging in trees, shrubs, and on the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.