The Nihoa Finch is naturally found only on Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Its stout bill is suited to eating seeds and other foods.
It has black legs, large feet, and a stout seed-eating bill. Males are brighter yellow than females.
It nests on the ground and takes a varied diet that includes plants and small animals. It lives among rocky shrubland and near freshwater seeps.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.