This weaver occurs in tropical Africa. Adult males have a chestnut crown and broad white eyebrow, and the assessment lists dry savanna and other habitats as suitable.
The 1905 account describes the adult male with brown upperparts, a chestnut forehead, crown, and nape, and a broad white eyebrow. A strongly marked black band separates the white chin and throat from white on the sides of the neck.
The habitat table in BirdLife International's 2016 IUCN assessment lists dry savanna and moist tropical lowland forest as suitable for this species. These are suitability categories, not a ranking of preferred habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.