The Dead Sea Sparrow is a small bird with a gray head and brown body. It is found around waterside vegetation, and at some breeding sites it nests in loose colonies.
Males have a gray head and cheeks with a brown-toned back. Females are more subdued brown overall.
It lives among dense waterside grasses and tall plants. At two breeding sites in Israel, nests were arranged in loose colonies.
At two sites in Israel, laying occurred from late March to late June, and mean clutch size declined as the season progressed.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.