This starling is endemic to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. It feeds in the forest canopy on fruit, insects and nectar; one study records it visiting flowers of native Fitchia.
The guide shows and describes a charcoal-colored bird with pale yellow eyes and black feathers around the eyes and toward the base of the bill.
It feeds in the canopy on berries, insects and nectar. A study records it visiting native Fitchia flowers; it is also reported in montane forest and forest edges.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.