A 1967 Northern Territory list records it on the Arnhem Land Plateau and in sandstone ranges and canyons, especially near fruiting trees such as figs. A separate banding guide says adult males and females do not differ in plumage.
Adult wing coverts are dark brown with straw-yellow outer edges and buff inner edges. Adult males and females have no plumage difference; juvenile coverts have lighter brown inner edges.
It inhabits sandstone ranges and canyons and is especially recorded around trees bearing fruit, including Ficus.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.