The Scarlet-faced Liocichla is resident from Myanmar through Thailand and Vietnam to southern China. It is olive overall, with red facial and wing patches, and uses dense hill-forest undergrowth.
It is olive overall, with bright red patches on the face and wings and pale eyes. Its shape resembles a small laughingthrush.
It often forages in dense undergrowth, alone, in pairs or in mixed flocks. BirdLife's assessment places it in forest at 1,400–2,200 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.