This leaf-warbler lives in montane forest on Java and Sumatra. It has a reddish-brown head and a pale eye-ring.
It is about 10 cm long, with brown to gray upperparts, pale underparts, a reddish-brown head, and a white eye-ring. The sexes look alike.
It feeds on small invertebrates and forages in low vegetation. It is described in the lower growth of montane forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.