This parakeet lives in Himalayan forests and cultivated areas with large trees. It is often seen in small flocks or family groups; adult males have a maroon wing patch.
Adults have a green, slightly blue-tinted body and a slate-grey head. Males have a maroon wing patch that females lack.
It feeds on fruits and seeds in coniferous and deciduous woodland and in cultivated areas with large trees. It is usually in small flocks or family groups; larger gatherings are recorded at the end of the monsoon.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.