Note the reddish eye and the long white plumes sprouting from the sides, lower back, and rump.

Voice includes constant high-pitched “seep” notes and a sibilant chatter similar to a white-eye’s.

"[2] It was formerly conspecific with the Visayan miniature babbler but is marginally larger and has a more slender pale bill and duller plumage.

They have been observed to join mixed species flocks of white-eyes and flowerpeckers flying through and middle and high cannopy.

While it appears to be rare, its small size and canopy foraging habits, it is possibly overlooked and more common than expected so it is recommended that more targeted searches be done to better estimate the population.