The Olive-yellow Robin is localized in New Guinea hill forest. It perches low and watches the forest floor for prey. Sources use different English and genus names.
It has a grey head and wings, an olive back, a chest band and bright yellow belly. Its legs are orange, and an incomplete collar runs from the lower throat around the sides of the neck.
In foothill forest it perches low and watches the forest floor. Oiseaux.net's compiled diet and foraging fields categorize it as an invertebrate feeder that sallies to the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.