The Rufous-headed Robin is a small robin known from a limited set of breeding sites in southwestern China. Its orange-rufous head and black face stand out; it uses mountain forest and scrub.
It has an orange-rufous head, a black face, and a white throat edged in black.
At its breeding sites, it has been recorded in temperate mixed forest and scrub at 2,400–2,800 m, including young vegetation on valley floors after flash floods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.