This small white-eye lives in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Its white eye-ring and yellow face stand out as it searches forests and shrubland for fruit, nectar, and invertebrates.
Adult nominate birds have a yellow forehead, chin, and throat, olive-green upperparts, and a white eye-ring. The belly is white and the undertail coverts are yellow.
It moves among branches in forest, forest edge, and lower woody vegetation, eating fruit, nectar, and invertebrates such as aphids, small spiders, and caterpillars.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.