This small bird has a long pale stripe above the eye and a small bill. It lives in thick vegetation and searches near the ground for spiders and larvae.
It is about 10–11 cm long, with a small bill and a long, pale supercilium above the eye.
It prefers thick vegetation and forages on or near the ground for spiders and larvae.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
A survey at Tuensang market in Nagaland, northeastern India, recorded 40 Grey-sided Bush Warblers between May 2009 and April 2010.