Its bill is long and slender with a slight downward curve, and a thin black line passes through the eye. A 2020 report documents a bird in temperate forest in northern Sikkim.
The bill is long, slender, and slightly down-curved. The black band on the nape is narrow, and the eye stripe is thinner than on a similar oriole.
In a June 2019 observation, a bird perched on bamboo in temperate forest and was seen foraging in the forest over the following five days.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.