This sparrow ranges from southeastern Mexico to Belize and Honduras. Its upperparts are olive to grass green, and the head is black-striped. A study in Campeche found three nests on the ground near thickets.
The upperparts are olive to grass green, and the head is striped with black.
All three nests found in Campeche were on the ground near thickets and concealed by leaf litter. Two were in young secondary growth and one in mature subperennial forest, near a forest edge and dirt road.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.