This small honeyeater occurs on New Britain. John Gould’s historical species account describes it as ashy above and below, with white feathers inside the wing and a black bill and feet.
Gould’s account describes grey upperparts and underparts, white underwing coverts and inner edges of the flight feathers, and a black bill and feet.
A New Britain forest survey paper describes the species as tolerant of degraded forest and indeed more common in such habitats in the study’s account.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.