This finch is reported from Bolivian grasslands. Adults show a black facial mask and white tail tips, and forage on the ground. A field study recorded it at the Beni Biological Station.
Adults have a black mask-like facial pattern and white tail tips. Females are duller, and juveniles have streaks on the breast.
It uses cerrado and seasonally flooded tall grassland with scattered shrubs in Bolivia, usually feeding on the ground in pairs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.