This small warbler occurs from the Himalayas to southern China and parts of Indochina. It has a black face, grey head, and yellow eyebrow and throat. It searches for tiny insects in the canopy of subtropical broadleaf forest, often with bamboo.
It has a black facial mask, a grey crown, nape and neck sides, and a yellow eyebrow. The colour of the breast and underparts varies among subspecies.
It lives in subtropical broadleaf forest, often with bamboo, at about 1,400–2,400 m. It hunts tiny insects and other invertebrates in the upper canopy.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.