The historical account places the nominate subspecies Y. gularis gularis from Nepal to eastern Assam. It describes a brown crest and a throat marked with black streaks.
The account's nominate subspecies has a dark brown forehead and crest, fulvous-brown upperparts, and a pale rufescent throat streaked with black.
The account describes this subspecies as gregarious and frequenting trees in forest rather than low bushes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.