A sparrow that breeds in northern Canada and winters in the central United States, it has a pink bill and seasonally changing head markings.
Its bill is pink. Black markings on the head, face, and bib are strong in breeding plumage but differ in winter plumage and young birds.
It migrates between its breeding and wintering grounds. During breeding it uses the forest-tundra edge in Canada; in winter it uses grasslands, fields, and hedgerows in the central United States.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.