The male has a black throat, chestnut back, and yellowish face, while the female is much plainer. It feeds on seeds on the ground in open woodland and farmland.
The male has a black throat and bill, a yellowish face, and chestnut on the head and back. The female is paler overall, with a yellowish throat and brown back.
It uses scrub edges, open woodland, fields, rice paddies, and other farmland. It is active by day and feeds on plant seeds on the ground; eBird describes a two-syllable call.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.