Bonaparte's Parakeet is mostly green, with dark red on the forehead, around the eyes, and on the abdomen. It inhabits lowland humid and semi-humid forest and nests in abandoned woodpecker holes. Older classifications included it within the Pyrrhura picta complex.
The plumage is mainly green, with dark red marks on the forehead, around the eyes, and on the abdomen; the underside of the wings is grey.
It inhabits lowland humid and semi-humid forest and nests in abandoned woodpecker cavities.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.