This tanager-family bird is recorded as native in Argentina. Males have a red crest, rump, and underparts; females have a brown head, back, and wings, with a red rump and pinkish underparts. It occurs alone, in pairs, or in groups among shrubs or on the ground.
Males have a red crest, rump, and underparts, with white eye-rings. Females have a brown head, back, and wings, a red rump, and pinkish underparts.
The university account says it may be solitary, in pairs, or in groups, moving among shrubs or on the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.