This thick-billed grosbeak is red and black in adult males and yellow-olive in females. It often stays low in dense cover in northeastern Mexico, where it can be difficult to see.
It is stocky with a thick bill. The adult male is deep red with a black face and throat and dark back and wings. The female has the same pattern, with yellow-olive replacing red.
It often stays low in dense cover, where it can be difficult to see.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.