This olive-and-buff laughingthrush has a black throat stripe and a broad gray band near the end of its tail. It searches for insects and fruit in Himalayan woodland and scrub.
Adults are olive and buff, with a black throat stripe, pale markings around the eye and forehead, and a broad gray band near the end of the tail. The belly and undertail are rufous.
It feeds on insects, fruit, and berries on the ground or in bushes. Pairs are reported in the breeding season; at other times it can form groups of up to about 20 birds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.