The Superb Parrot uses woodlands and grasslands in southeastern Australia. Males have yellow foreheads and throats and a red crescent between the throat and breast.
It has a long, narrow tail. Males have yellow foreheads and throats and a red crescent separating the throat from the green breast. Females are duller green and lack the male's red and yellow markings.
In New South Wales, many birds move north after breeding in late December and spend the non-breeding period on the western slopes and plains. They nest in hollows in large living or dead trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.