This leaf warbler occurs in mountains from China and the Himalayas into northern Indochina. Its head and cheeks are gray, and it searches for insects in montane broadleaf forest.
The crown, nape, and ear-coverts are gray. The gray throat has a pale edge, and the gray area in front of the eye is flecked with white.
It lives in montane broadleaf forest and searches for insects in the grassy understory.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.