This bulbul occurs on Mohéli in the Comoros. A highland population treated as a subspecies under an older classification was recorded as green-plumaged; the species uses forest and eats fruit.
The highland Mohéli population, treated as a subspecies of Hypsipetes parvirostris under the older classification, was recorded as green-plumaged.
The current species page lists forest and dense habitat and classifies it as frugivorous.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.