Hinde's Babbler occurs in Kenya. The reported population used scrub and thickets along watercourses, and some birds had white patches on the chest or back.
The survey reported many birds with white on the chest or back; the patches could differ from one side to the other. Some birds also had white flight feathers.
The survey recorded the species in scrub and dense thickets along watercourses in the foothills of Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.