This honeyeater has an olive back and yellow ear patches. A fluffy white patch sits above the tail, and it feeds on fruit and other foods in forest.
It has olive upperparts, yellow ear patches, and fluffy white feathers on the rump. The throat is pale, and the breast and belly are streaked.
It eats fruit, seeds, and arthropods. It occurs in lowland to montane forest and forages in forest undergrowth as well as in trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.