This small bird is marked by its chestnut breast. In its native range, it moves in flocks and eats grass seeds and winged termites.
It has a grey crown, black face, grey bill, and chestnut-brown breast.
In the wild it is highly social and forages in groups. It eats grass seeds and winged termites, usually from elevated stalks and rarely from the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.