Occurs in moist lowland and montane forest, from sea level to 3,070 m (Roberts et al. 2013). The species is susceptible to habitat disturbance and to hunting. In the Udzungwa Mts, logging has a significant impact on population numbers, especially where hunting also occurs (Topp- Jørgensen et al. 2008; http://tropicalconservationscience.mongabay.com/content/v1/08-03-03-Yopp-Jorgensen.htm). In disturbed forests, individuals call less frequently and are rarely observed in the day as compared to undisturbed and non-hunted forests (Topp- Jørgensen et al. 2008). Overall, high population densities (i.e., based on calling frequency) appear to be linked to isolated, undisturbed forest patches. This would agree with the findings of Kundaeli (1976) on Mt Kilimanjaro: highest densities were estimated at an elevation of 2,310 m, where disturbance from logging and hunting was low. Ecology and behaviour are reviewed in detail in Roberts et al. (2013). 

Occurs in a number of protected areas across its range, including Udzungwa Mts National Park, Kilombero Nature Reserve, Kilimanjaro and Arusha National Parks and eight Nature Reserves in the Eastern Arc Mts: Kilombero and Uzungwa Scarp in Udzungwa Mts, Amani and Nilo in East Usambaras, Mkingu in Ngurus, Uluguru in Ulugurus, Magamba in West Usambaras, and Chome in South Pares, as well as Jozani-Chwaka Bay Nature reserve on Zanzibar and Ngezi Vumawimbi Nature Forest Reserve on Pemba. The species also occurs in numerous forest reserves in the Eastern Arc Mts and coastal forests of Tanzania, such as Kilindi, Kanga and Nguru North Forest Reserves (Cordeiro et al. 2005, Roberts et al. 2013).