The Yellow-faced Parrotlet is a small parrot restricted to the upper Marañón drainage in northern Peru. Both sexes have a yellow face and breast; males show blue on the rump and wings.
Both sexes have a yellow forehead, sides of the head, and breast, with a short pointed tail. Males also have bright blue rump, underwing, and flight feathers.
It is diurnal and uses dry open scrub and woodland. Its listed diet is mainly plant seeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.