This finch lives in dry scrub in the Marañón drainage of northern Peru. Its gray and brown body has a dark facial pattern, and it searches for food in low shrubs.
It is about 16.5 cm long, with a gray body, brown back, orange bill and legs, dark facial mask and white outer tail feathers.
It forages in low, dry scrub in the Marañón drainage. The page records its use of this habitat.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.