This honeyeater occurs in the Solomon Islands. Its red rump and throat stand out, and it searches for nectar in forest canopies and lower vegetation.
The back is dark olive-grey, with red on the rump, uppertail coverts, chin, and throat. The wing feathers have yellow-olive margins. Females are described as smaller and paler than males, with a cinnamon-olive to rufous-olive rump.
In the Solomon Islands it occurs in primary and tall secondary forest, as well as village gardens, coconut plantations, and forest edges. It forages in small parties or mixed flocks in the canopy or understorey and feeds on nectar.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.