This honeyeater inhabits the wetter forests of southwestern Western Australia. Adults have pale bare skin around the eye and feed on nectar and insects.
Adults have pale bare skin around the eye; in young birds it is pale bluish-white. One account says the bill is longer and heavier than in the eastern White-naped Honeyeater.
It uses humid and subhumid forest and is reported to favor eucalypts. Its diet includes nectar, insects, honeydew, and manna.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.