This leaf-warbler occurs in the East African highlands. It has olive upperparts, yellow underparts, a long tail, and a slender bill. It moves through low vegetation in montane forest and high-altitude scrub.
A medium-sized warbler with a relatively long tail and bill. It is olive above and yellow below, with a pale eyebrow stripe.
It is active in low vegetation such as montane bamboo, moist scrub, and forest edges. Its calls include whistles and rattles; BirdLife lists montane forest and high-altitude shrubland at 1,800–3,700 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.