This white-eye ranges from Buka and Bougainville to islands in the Solomon Islands. It is green above and pale below, with a yellow throat and undertail.
It is greenish above and whitish below, with yellow on the throat and undertail. A 2020 study reports slight differences in bill color and eye-ring among island forms.
It has been recorded in forest and secondary growth from near sea level to hills. Mees's 1961 review notes scant ecological information, so diet and breeding behavior are not described here.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.