This bulbul lives in the mountains of southern Malawi, western Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe. It is about 19 cm long and uses montane and submontane forest, riverine woodland and scrub.
Adults are olive-green, with grey-and-white stripes on the ear-coverts. They are about 19 cm long and weigh 38.5–45.1 g.
It is recorded in montane and submontane forest from about 760 to 1,850 m, as well as riverine woodland and scrub. BirdLife identifies forest clearance and degradation as pressures on its habitat.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.