[3] Where it co-occurs with the closely related silvereye it is more common in denser forest.

It is a typical small white-eye of the genus Zosterops, similar in appearance to the silvereye, although the plumage is much yellower, it is chunkier and has a complete eye-ring.

[3] The back is olive green and the throat and belly yellow.

The Fiji white-eye feeds by gleaning insects from shrubs and trees.

It will join mixed-species feeding flocks with other Fijian birds, including silvereyes.