This yellowish warbler searches among pine needles high in pine forests. It eats insects and also takes seeds, especially pine seeds, in colder months.
It is a yellowish warbler with a sturdy bill, moving along high pine branches to probe clumps of needles.
In pine or mixed pine-deciduous forest, it picks insects from bark and needles. In colder months it also eats pine seeds and fruit, and it may forage on the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.