This white-eye occurs on Vella Lavella and Bagga in the Solomon Islands. Records include primary forest, forest edges, scrub, and coconut plantations.
The upperparts are yellowish olive. Its white eye-ring is interrupted at the front by a dusky spot; the wings and tail are blackish brown.
It has been recorded in primary forest, along forest edges, in scrub, and in coconut plantations. The account provides no information on its diet or movements.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.