Reichard's Seedeater is a small bird about 12–14 cm long. It is active by day, lives in woodland and semi-open places, and eats seeds.
It is about 12–14 cm long.
It is active by day in woodland and semi-open habitats and feeds on seeds on the ground.
It uses miombo woodland and areas with granite inselbergs.
Adults of the subspecies reichardi have greyish upperparts, a brownish face and prominent streaks on pale-buff underparts.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.