This bird forms small flocks in Cuban grassland and scrub. Males have black faces, females have grayish faces, and a yellow band runs from behind the eye down the sides of the neck to the chest.
The male has a black face and the female a grayish face. A yellow band extends from behind the eye down each side of the neck to the chest.
It lives in grassland and scrub and moves in small flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.