The Rusty-capped Fulvetta occurs in Chinese forest and bamboo habitats. It has brown upperparts and flanks, a rusty cap, and a long white eyebrow edged in black.
It has a rusty cap and a long white supercilium edged in black above. The cheeks, upperparts, and flanks are brown; the throat and centre of the breast and belly are whitish.
It uses broadleaf forest, forest edges, bushes, and dense bamboo. It eats insects and seeds, foraging near the ground in small flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.