The Black-eared Seedeater is a small, streaked finch marked by a broad black band through the eye and a white eyebrow. It feeds in miombo and mopane woodland.
Its brown body is heavily streaked, and the face has a broad black patch through the eye and a white eyebrow.
It lives in miombo and mopane woodland. Small seeds are its main food, supplemented by buds, flowers, nectar, fruit, and small insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.