The White-eyed Robin is endemic to New Guinea, where it lives in hill and lower montane forest. It has dark gray upperparts, a pale eye, and a mottled white throat.
The upperparts are dark gray; the throat is mottled white, with whiter sides. The eye is pale gray or buff. Subspecies vary in throat and belly color.
It inhabits hill and lower montane forest, usually at 400–1,700 m, and feeds on insects in the understory or on the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.