This small grassquit is widespread around the Caribbean. Males have a black face and chest with a yellow eyebrow and throat, while females are dull olive. It feeds on seeds in grassy and weedy open places.
The male has a black face and chest set off by a yellow eyebrow and throat. The female is dull olive overall and less contrasting.
It searches for seeds on the ground in open grassland, scrub, pasture and weedy areas, including degraded former woodland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.