A parrot of the northern Andes' montane forests. Its green plumage is accented by rusty tones on the face, whose extent and shade vary among subspecies.
Adults are mainly green, with rusty reddish-brown on the face. The extent and intensity of this facial color differ among subspecies.
It feeds in the canopy of montane forest and moves in pairs or small flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.