The Rufous-crowned Sparrow is marked by reddish upperparts and a gray underside. It walks beneath low shrubs and grasses on dry, rocky hillsides to forage.
Its upperparts are reddish and its underside is gray, with a white eyering and pale stripe along the cheek.
It forages on the ground beneath sparse shrubs and grasses on dry, rocky hillsides.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.