The Nilgiri Pipit is a grassland bird restricted to the southern Western Ghats of India. It has warm buff-brown plumage, a white eyebrow, and dense dark streaks on the back.
It is warm buff-brown with a prominent white eyebrow and dense, strong streaking over the back. The breast markings are finer and more sparse than those on the back.
It feeds on grass seeds, other small seeds, and insects collected from grass or the ground. A WII–USFS account reports breeding from April to July, with nests among short grass and care by both parents.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.