The Simeulue Parrot is restricted to Simeulue and Siumat off northwestern Sumatra. Adult males have a blue face and green forecrown; females have an all-green head.
Adult males have a blue face and green forecrown, while females have an all-green head.
A 2024 island inventory recorded the parrot at every observation site on Simeulue, with more birds in the north than in the densely populated south. Interviews also reported that farmers regularly regarded it as a crop pest and sought to remove it from cultivated areas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.