This honeyeater lives in woodland and forest on mainland Australia. A white neck plume is its key mark, and it feeds in tree crowns and shrubs.
Adults have yellowish olive to grey upperparts, paler brown-grey underparts, and a white plume on the side of the neck. The sexes are similar; juveniles have a less distinct plume.
It occurs in open woodland and forest, often near water. It searches in tree crowns and shrubs for nectar, insects, lerps, honeydew, manna, fruit, and seeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.