The Western Citril is recorded in this study from western Kenya. Males have a bright yellow eyebrow that wraps around the forehead and separates the bill from the streaked crown.
Males observed there had a bright yellow supercilium wrapping around the forehead, separating the bill from the darker streaked crown.
At Mount Kisingiri it was repeatedly recorded at forest edges and cultivated land; the authors say the local population appears resident.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.