The male Kenya Sparrow has blue-gray and chestnut plumage on the head and back, while the female is much duller. It feeds on grain and small seeds, mainly on the ground.
The male has a blue-gray crown and upper mantle, black lores and throat, and a chestnut band that runs from above the eye around the ear-coverts and onto the side of the neck. The female is similar but much duller, with a dark gray bib and buff replacing the chestnut.
It feeds mainly on the ground, taking grain, small seeds, and household scraps.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.