This small bird occurs in mountain regions from the Himalayas to southern China. Males have a gray head and olive upperparts, while females have a paler gray crown. The account records it in mixed mountain forest and oak-rhododendron woodland; some populations move in elevation.
The adult male of the nominate subspecies has a medium slate-gray head, dull olive upperparts, and pale underparts with a yellowish wash on the lower throat and flanks. The female has a paler gray crown.
It is recorded in mountain mixed conifer-broadleaf forests and oak-rhododendron woodland. Oiseaux.net lists both altitudinally migrating and resident populations.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.