Appearance
This is a typical leaf warbler in appearance, grayish-green above and off-white below. The single wing bar found in the southern and western populations distinguishes them from most similar species. It is slightly smaller than that species and has a thinner bill, without a dark tip to the lower mandible. A latitude-based analysis of wintering birds indicated that more northerly "P. trochiloides" are smaller, i.e. this species does not seem to follow Bergmann's rule.Its song is a high jerky trill, in some populations containing a sequence of down- and more rarely up slurred notes.
Reproduction
It breeds in lowland deciduous or mixed forest; non-breeding birds in the warmer parts of its range may move to montane habitat in summer. Individuals from southeast of the Himalayas are for example quite often seen in Bhutan during the hot months, typically in humid Bhutan Fir forest up to about 3,800 meters ASL or more, but they do not breed there and return again to the adjacent subtropical lowlands in winter.The nest is on the ground in low shrub. Like its relatives, this small passerine is insectivorous.
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