This finch occurs in mountain regions from Türkiye through the Caucasus, Iran and northern Afghanistan to north-western India. It lives on rocky slopes and eats seeds.
It is pale brown with a white mid-belly, black cap, and pink-patterned wings and tail. Females are duller than males.
It nests in rock crevices and eats seeds. In winter it may feed in farmland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.