This weaver is about 15 cm long. A breeding male has a yellow head, olive cheeks, and a pale eye. It is associated with grass and woodland along freshwater.
The breeding male has a golden-yellow head, olive face and cheeks, and a pale eye. Females and non-breeding males are more gray-olive.
The species account places it in riparian grass and woodland and reports insect gleaning from vegetation.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.