A migratory leaf warbler of the lower Himalayan belt. It searches evergreen forest and bamboo for small invertebrates and moves to lower elevations in winter.
It has bright green upperparts and a green median crown stripe bordered by sharply defined black stripes. A yellow eye-ring is also noted.
It gleans small invertebrates in evergreen forest and bamboo. As a migrant, it winters at lower elevations than its Himalayan breeding range.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.