The Spectacled Parrotlet has three subspecies. In the nominate subspecies, males have blue-purple markings around the eye, on the wings and rump; these areas are green in females.
In the nominate subspecies, males have blue-purple areas around the eye, on the rump and on parts of the wings. In females these areas are green, with a bright green ring around the eye.
Outside the breeding season it is social and forms communal night roosts. It forages on the ground and in vegetation for seeds, fruit, blossoms and buds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.