A large laughingthrush of southern China’s broadleaf evergreen forests. Its grey body and black face stand out, and it forages from leaf litter up into the middle storey.
It is about 28–30.5 cm long, with plain grey plumage, a black face, and grey-brown on the throat and upper breast. The sexes are similar; juveniles are browner.
It inhabits broadleaf evergreen forest at roughly 400–1,700 m. It may occur in groups of ten or more and join mixed-species bird waves. It eats insects, foraging on the ground in leaf litter and also in the middle storey.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.