This whistler is recorded from the Vogelkop mountains of western New Guinea. It occurs in lower montane forest.
It has a gray head, olive upperparts, a yellow belly, and a very pale gray throat with a diffuse band across the chest. The eyes are brown and the bill is black.
It inhabits lower montane forest. Its song is a short, medium-pitched whistle that grows louder.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.