This long-tailed, olive-green bulbul is found in forests, dense woodland, and scrub, often in pairs or small groups. Its range extends from central into eastern Africa.
It is olive green with a long tail. Throat color varies among regional groups from yellowish to whitish. The 2024 taxonomy account describes its throat as paler than that of the related A. flavicollis.
It occurs in forest, thick woodland, scrub, and rank cultivation, and is usually encountered skulking in pairs or small groups.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.