A small canary of central African woodland and savanna, ranging from the Congo region toward Angola and Zambia.
It has olive-green upperparts, pale yellow underparts and a yellow eyebrow. The male has a black face; the female is finely streaked.
It feeds on seeds in miombo woodland, moist savanna, forest edges and cultivated areas. Its song mixes short notes with rattling trills.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.