This colorful parrot has a red head, white cheeks, and blue shoulders. It feeds on the ground in open woodland and grassland in southeastern Australia, eating seeds and fruits among other foods.
Adults have a red head, neck, and breast, white cheeks, and blue shoulders, with yellow and green on the back and belly. Females are similar but can be duller, and juveniles are duller than adults.
It feeds mainly on the ground in grass and clearings, eating seeds, fruits, buds, flowers, nectar, and insects. It also feeds in trees and bushes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.