The Lemon-rumped Warbler changes elevation through the year in the Himalayas. It breeds in high forests in summer and descends to lower wooded foothills in winter.
It has olive upperparts, a yellowish rump, and pale underparts.
It uses forests at about 2,200–4,200 m to breed and occurs in lower foothill woodland during winter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.