Characterization: Small species measuring about 14 cm in length. It has golden-yellow plumage, and the male has a black mask (from its chest to its belly), while the female is paler, without the black mask. 

Distribution: Guianas, Venezuela and Brazil (São Paulo, southern Mato Grosso, southern Goiás and Paraná).

Habitat: Open areas, orchards, gallery forests, barns, and savannas.

Habits: A diurnal species, it associates in flocks that visit, several times per day, forest sections where there are trees bearing the fruit it feeds on and following insect species.

Diet: Essentially herbivorous, this bird feeds on fruits (papaya, orange, tangerine, mango, guava, jaboticaba (Brazil grapes), "siringuela," "uvaia," etc.).

In the UFRA area: This bird species is considered rare as it was only seen 10 times. It was spotted in exotic forests, wetlands with herbaceous plants, restored native forests, mixed forests in regeneration, and drainage ditches. It has a medium spatial distribution.