This weaver ranges from the Sahel to western East Africa. It uses dry savanna woodland, thickets, scrub, and areas around farms and villages, and is thought to feed mostly on arthropods.
A breeding male has a golden-yellow forehead and crown, a greenish-yellow nape, and an olive-green mantle and back.
It occurs in dry savanna woodland, coastal thickets, scrub, and around farms and villages. Its diet is thought to consist mostly of arthropods such as spiders, caterpillars, beetles, and dragonflies.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.