The species was originally described in the genus Artisornis based on an immature male specimen.

The species was found in the Kinole forest north of Uluguru in eastern Tanzania.

The bird is mostly olive green above with the forehead and crown being rufous brown as are the sides of the head and chest.

[4] The genus Scepomycter was traditionally considered monotypic, but in 2009 a closely related new species was described, the Rubeho warbler.

Populations in the Rubeho-Ukaguru Mountains are the very similar Rubeho warbler.