The body is gray, with a pale center to the belly and pale undertail coverts. Rufous parts of the wings and tail show clearly in flight. It forages in open scrub and grassland in the high Andes.
It is mostly gray, with a pale belly center and pale undertail coverts. Extensive rufous areas in the flight and tail feathers are conspicuous when it flies.
It forages in Andean scrub, grassland with scattered shrubs, and at the edges of Polylepis woodland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.