This southern South American migrant reaches the coast and adjacent foothills of northwestern Peru. The Peru Aves account places its Peruvian season from April to October and describes foraging in open places such as grassland and fields.
Adults are grey above and pale grey below, with a blackish forehead and face and a dark brown crown. Some individuals have a rufous chin, but the account says this can be difficult to see in the field.
It forages in open grassland with shrubs and in similar places such as plowed fields. The account describes the birds seen in northwestern Peru as austral migrants present from April through October.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.