Diet: granivore based on Ramírez-Albores and Navarro-Sigüenza 2011

Abundance: 0.27 to 7.18% (median 1.82%)

Latitudinal range: 10.3° to 20.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (6)

Found in 8 samples

Costa Rica: Finca La Bella, Monteverde

Honduras: Centro de Investigacíon y Jardín Botánico Lancetilla

Mexico: Cozumel Island (birds, 2004 - 2007)

Nicaragua: Siuna (birds, primary forest), Siuna (birds, secondary forest), Siuna (birds, allspice), Siuna (birds, pasture)

See also Tiaris, Tiaris 'bicolor', Tiaris fuliginosus, Tiaris obscurus