This brushfinch occurs in Venezuela’s Cordillera de la Costa. It has a black head with a white eyebrow and a white belly crossed by a black breast band.
The crown, nape, and sides of the head are black, with a grey crown stripe and white eyebrow. The back and wings are olive; the underparts are white with a black breast band, grey breast sides, and olive-brown flanks.
It uses humid premontane forest, rain and cloud forest, edges, and thickets. It searches for food very low in tangled undergrowth and leaf litter and is seen in pairs or small groups.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.