A small finch of the Arfak Mountains, with a whitish face, grey head, and brown back. It has been recorded in wet mountain grassland and marshes.
It is about 10 cm long, with a whitish face, grey head, nape and throat, and brown back and wings.
It lives in marshy grassland and at cultivated edges around 1,800–2,100 m. Small flocks have also been observed in agricultural areas among low-growing weeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.