This small finch has a dark head and bright yellow wing panels. It lives in pine forests in southern Vietnam's highlands and forages in small flocks.
Males average darker, with a solid black back and dark breast streaks. Females have a patchier back and finer streaks. Both sexes have a dark head, a thin yellow collar, and bright wing panels.
It inhabits foothill and mountain pine forests and their edges. In Khasi pine, it can be found feeding in small flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.