The Kungwe Apalis occurs in the southern Albertine Rift and the Mahale Mountains of western Tanzania. It uses the canopy of lower montane forest.
The crown is gray, the back is washed with green, and the eye is reddish brown. The paper describes these colors as field marks for a species that stays in the canopy.
It occurs in the canopy of lower montane forest. In 2013 a pair was recorded in lower-altitude forest at Nyungwe, Rwanda; playback drew one bird closer to the observers.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.