The Volcano Junco lives near volcanic summits in Costa Rica and western Panama. Adults have grey underparts and a black eye mask, and search for seeds and insects on the ground.
Adults have brown upperparts with dark streaks, grey underparts and sides of the head, a black mask through the eye, yellow irises, and pink bills and legs.
It walks on the ground to feed on seeds, fallen berries, insects, and spiders.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.