This babbler lives in evergreen broadleaf forest in southeastern Tibet and western Yunnan, China. Yellow eyebrow markings and yellow underparts stand out against its olive upperparts.
A broad yellow eyebrow, black sides to the crown and grey streaking or scaling on the crown contrast with olive-green upperparts and mostly yellow underparts.
It uses evergreen broadleaf forest undergrowth, including thickets beside trails, streams and openings.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.