This bird lives in broadleaf and pine forests on Hispaniola. The male has a black head with white stripes and a yellow underside. The female is mainly grayish-olive with darker streaks below.
The male's head is mostly black with white stripes above and below the eye. Its chin is yellow, upper throat rusty, and underside and mantle mostly yellow. The black wings and upper tail have broad white feather edges.
It uses broadleaf and pine forests, woodland edges, and second growth. Fruit and flowers are its main foods; there are also reports of it taking insects.
The female is mostly grayish-olive, with a buff eyebrow and white malar stripe. Its underside is pale with darker streaks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.