This small bird of western China's mountain forests has a long white eyebrow and rusty-brown cheeks and breast. It conceals its nest in old rodent burrows or rock crevices on the ground.
It is 13.5–14 cm long, with rusty-brown cheeks and breast, a brown back, and a long white eyebrow.
It lives in mountain forests and hides its nest in old rodent burrows or crevices in rocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.