The Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak lives in the southwestern Saudi highlands and has a very thick black bill. White cheeks and yellow wing patches make it distinctive.
It has a thick black bill, white cheeks, and yellow patches on the wings and tail. Females are paler than males and lack the dark area around the bill base.
It eats seeds, buds, and fruits from trees and shrubs, and may also feed on the ground. In Saudi Arabia it is recorded on dry slopes and high plateaus with mixed plant cover.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.