The Bare-throated Whistler lives in forests and mountains on Sumbawa and Flores in Indonesia. Males have a bare red patch low on the throat.
Males have a black head and central upper breast, a deep red bare patch low on the throat, and yellowish-olive underparts. Females have a grey crown and greyish-white throat, with a smaller bare patch that is usually concealed. Juveniles have a yellow throat without a bare patch.
It lives in dry and moist forests, including moist montane forest. It feeds on insects and spiders and is resident on these islands.
The male has olive upperparts, with a yellowish tinge on the rump.
The male’s upperwings are dusky brown, and the tail and bill are black.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.