This species is found in coastal lowlands in coconut plantations,lowland tropical forest and ultramafic forest. Animals have been recorded feeding on young coconuts at night. It is not a colony rooster; it roosts individually and in small groups in foliage and small tree hollows.

This little-known species has been recorded from the islands of Choiseul, Santa Isabel and Tanabuli in the Solomon Islands and Bougainville and Buka in Papua New Guinea (Flannery 1995, Bonaccorso 1998, T. Lavery pers. comm). Extensive searches have not recorded populations of this species on other islands in the Solomons group (Flannery 1995, T. Lavery pers. comm.). It has been recorded from sea level to 500 m asl. The combined area of the fiveislands is 15,160 km².

This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES. It is not found within any nationally recognised protected areas. There should be further research on the impact of habitat degradation on its population size. Population estimates and modelling utilisation data on analog species may be appropriate.