The Yunnan Nuthatch is a small bird with a blue-grey back and a bold black eyestripe. In mature pine forest in southern China, it searches for insects among pine needles.
It has a slender, slightly upturned bill, a narrow white eyebrow, a long broad black eyestripe, and blue-grey upperparts.
It forages among clusters of pine needles for insects in mature pine forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.