The White-spectacled Warbler is a scarce winter visitor in Hong Kong. A white eye-ring broken at the front and a yellow wing bar help identify it; it searches for insects in the understory.
In Hong Kong, it is identified by a white orbital ring broken at the front, a broad ring, a yellow wing bar, and rich yellow underparts. Some birds of the cognitus morph replace some or all gray on the head with olive green.
In Hong Kong, it is a scarce winter visitor to closed-canopy woodland. It forages unobtrusively in the understory and sometimes makes short flights to take insects from vegetation or the air.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.