A locally distributed New Guinea whistler with a black head and breast and a bright yellow back and belly.
The head and breast band are black, the back and rump yellow, and the wings and tail black. The throat center is white, with yellow below.
It uses shrubs, secondary growth, and tall canegrass beside rivers, feeding on insects; records extend from lowlands to about 700 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.