This bunting has dark blue-gray plumage in the male. It breeds in mountain areas and moves in autumn and winter to dark woodland thickets in places without persistent snow.
The male's plumage is dark blue-gray. Unlike many other buntings, the outer tail feathers are not white.
It forages for seeds and other food on the ground. In autumn and winter it moves to dark woodland thickets in areas without persistent snow.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.