This stocky leaf warbler has a pale eyebrow. It breeds in southeastern Siberia and winters in southern China and Southeast Asia.
Adults have olive upperparts and a pale eyebrow. First-year birds may show buff flanks and lower underparts.
In Hong Kong, migrants and winter visitors forage in scrub, woodland edges, and open-canopied areas, moving over a broad area.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.