This small warbler occurs from the Himalayas to Indochina, using damp montane forest and bamboo undergrowth to find insects.
It has a chestnut crown, grayish upperparts, a paler gray throat and breast, a yellow belly, and a broad, flat bill.
It uses damp evergreen montane forest, bamboo thickets, and forest-edge undergrowth, catching insects by hovering or flycatching from twigs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.