In the Argentine account, the Golden-billed Saltator has a black face and orange bill. In Bolivia, it uses woodland, scrub, farmland, and towns on the eastern Andean slope and in southern lowlands.
The Argentine account describes an orange bill, black face and neck collar, dark gray crown, and gray-brown back.
On Bolivia's eastern Andean slope and in southern lowlands, it uses dry to semi-humid woodland, scrub, farmland, and towns. It occurs alone, in pairs, or family groups and forages at different levels.
In Argentina, it has brown eyes and grey-brown legs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.