The Five-colored Munia lives in grassland, farmland, and other open places in the Lesser Sunda Islands, where it eats plant seeds. Its head and throat differ in color from its underside.
The head and throat are dark chestnut, while the underside is white.
It uses open habitats such as grasslands and farmland and eats plant seeds. The specialist account also describes it as feeding on the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.