The Grey-headed Babbler lives in forests from southern Thailand through the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo. It has a dark grey head with white lines and a chestnut body.
Its dark grey hood has white lines on the crown and throat, and its upperparts and underparts are chestnut. Its bill is stout and blackish grey.
It searches for insects on the forest floor and in the lower and middle storeys, and sometimes eats fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.