This finch occurs in the Tucuman Mountain area of Argentina and Bolivia. Its grayish body is marked with orange-rufous on the forehead, eyebrow, and throat.
The body is dull gray with an olive tinge; the forehead, eyebrow, spot below the eye, throat, and upper breast are orange-rufous. The female has a slightly smaller breast patch.
It uses bushes beside streams and grassy areas next to streams. It is terrestrial and eats seeds and some insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.