This fulvetta ranges from the Himalayas to southern China and northern Indochina. It has a chestnut crown and pale eyebrow, and searches the forest understorey for insects.
It has a chestnut crown, broad white eyebrow, and black and rufous marks on the wings. The sexes are similar, juveniles are duller than adults, and color intensity varies among subspecies.
It searches dense undergrowth for insects and climbs trunks to inspect cracks in the bark. It uses evergreen broadleaf and secondary forest, woodland edges, and bamboo.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.