Dark brown above with an orange-brown belly, a gray chest, a white throat and eyebrow, mainly in front of the eye, and a long graduated tail which it often holds cocked.

Similar to Benguet and Philippine Bush-Warblers, but has a longer tail and deeper brown belly.

Breeding season is unkwnon but young birds seen from February to September.

IUCN has assessed this bird as Least-concern as a lot of its montane habitat is difficult to access and it is reasonably common within its wide range.

However, it is still declining due to habitat loss through deforestation, mining, land conversion and slash-and-burn.