A greenbul of forests in east-central Africa. IOC 15.1 treats it as a species, while some bird references include it within Shelley's Greenbul.
A species account describes a gray head and throat with brighter yellow-olive underparts.
During a field trip in Kakamega Forest, Kenya, observers saw birds creeping along tree trunks. This is a local observation, not a claim that the species always moves on trunks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.