The Red-headed Bullfinch inhabits highland forests of the Himalayas. Males are orange-red from head to breast, while females are mainly yellow-green. It eats seeds in trees.
The male has an orange-red crown, hindneck, and breast. The female has a yellow-green crown and hindneck and gray underparts.
It uses coniferous and mixed forest as well as riparian woodland, and eats seeds in trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.