The Moustached Laughingthrush inhabits high-elevation forest and humid montane scrub in the eastern Himalayan region. It has a black crown and nape, a broad white eyebrow, and a black moustache-like cheek stripe.
It has a black crown and nape, broad white supercilium, black moustachial stripe, olive-grey upperparts, and a fulvous underside.
It usually moves in pairs, scratching among leaf litter for insects or climbing through undergrowth.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.