This honeyeater lives mainly along the coasts and shrublands of southern Australia. Adults have a tawny crown separated from the black face by a white line, and eat nectar and insects. Juveniles have different facial markings.
Adults are pale brown above and white below, with a tawny crown separated from the black face by a white line that runs from the bill over the eye. Juveniles have a browner crown and lack this white line.
It lives mainly in coastal heathlands in temperate southern Australia and also uses vegetated sand plains. Its main foods are nectar and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.