This fulvetta occurs on the Dalat Plateau in the southern Annamite Mountains of Vietnam and is reported only at higher elevations in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park.
Its crown is sooty black with pale streaks, its wings are dull pale rufous-ochre, and its supercilium is narrower than that of its close relative.
It is recorded in the park's mixed coniferous and evergreen montane forest at higher elevations.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.