The Nilgiri Laughingthrush occurs in the Nilgiri Hills of southwestern India. The genus account notes a white eyebrow and olive-gray upperparts, with breast color differing among species.
The paper describes Montecincla as medium-sized birds with rounded tails, olive-gray upperparts, and a prominent white eyebrow. Breast color is grayish white in some species and rufous in another.
Montecincla is a group of endemic birds confined to the high mountains of the Western Ghats. This species occurs in the Nilgiri Hills, one of the mountain areas with patches of Shola forest and grassland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.