This seed finch is recorded in Amazonia, including Bolivia. It forages in tall grass by rivers, overgrown fallow fields, and scrub, and males and females look quite different.
Males have a black head and upperparts, chestnut underparts, a thick black bill, and a white wing patch. Females are brown above and rufous brown below; both sexes have the white wing patch and thick black bill.
It forages in tall grass along river edges, overgrown fallow fields, and scrub.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.