This small fulvetta occurs in central and southern China. It has a brown to gray-brown crown, a dark side crown stripe, a broad pale-gray eyebrow, and rufous wings. It eats invertebrates and seeds.
Its crown is brown to grayish brown, with a blackish side stripe. It has a broad pale-gray eyebrow and rufous wings with a grayish panel.
It inhabits evergreen broadleaf oak forest, secondary growth, and bamboo from about 1,250–2,500 m. It eats invertebrates and seeds and occurs alone, in pairs, or in small groups.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.