This laughingthrush occurs in central Chinese mountains. It walks through forest and scrub in small groups, searching low vegetation for food.
It is gray-brown with pale eyes and a conspicuous yellow patch on the wings.
It is social and often appears in small to medium-sized flocks.
It uses forest, open scrub and parks, foraging on the ground and in low undergrowth; it sometimes joins mixed flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.