The Mountain Chiffchaff is a small leaf warbler of mountain woodland and alpine scrub. Its pale brown body is marked by a white eyebrow.
It has pale brown upperparts, a white eyebrow, and a dark line through the eye. Its overall plumage is subdued.
It searches for small insects in open mountain woodland and alpine scrub. It breeds at high elevations and moves lower with the season.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.