It occurs in the foothills of the Himalayas from the Murree Hills in Pakistan to eastern Nepal.

It inhabits subtropical and temperate forest at 245–2,750 m (804–9,022 ft) altitudes.

[1] It is biscuit-coloured, has a black chin and lores and a buffy grey crown.

It is 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs 8–12 g (0.28–0.42 oz).

[2] Stachyris pyrrhops was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1844 who described a greenish olivaceous babbler with a black chin and black lores from Nepal.