This 12–14 cm bird inhabits high mountains in China, including conifer forest, rhododendron scrub and low shrubs.
It is mostly gray, with a white iris and a pale throat streaked brown. The gray-brown upperparts have darker streaks, and pale edges on the wing feathers form a light wing patch.
It searches among branches and foliage for small invertebrates. The diet data compiled by Oiseaux.net describe arboreal gleaning for insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.