This Javan laughingthrush has a rufous forehead and chin. It eats fruit and insects, and may forage in noisy small groups or mixed-species flocks.
The nominate subspecies is olive-brown above and fulvous-brown below, with a rufous forehead and chin and greyish cheeks. The central-Java subspecies has a more rufous tinge above.
It feeds on berries and insects. Groups of up to about 15 birds can be noisy, and the species is often found in mixed-species bird waves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.