Characterization: Small species measuring about 12cm in length. It has little beak and white stain on its two outer tail feathers; the female is yellow and has a brownish back.

Distribution: Argentina and Colombia Andes, mountains of Venezuela and Colombia, and Brazil (Mato Grosso, southern Pará, Goiás, Piauí, Minas Gerais, south of São Paulo, and Paraná).

Habitat: Open savanna, in clean fields.

Habits: Diurnal and migratory species, it moves around the ground by jumping.

Diet: Herbivorous, essentially granivore.

Breeding: It lays its eggs in a nest consisting of a thick bowl of dry grass, built between grass clumps or on a bush near the ground.

In the UFRA area: This bird species was seen only in drainage ditches, thus it has a narrow spatial distribution. It is considered rare in the studied farms, as it was seen only once. It's likely an endangered species.