The Scarlet-chested Parakeet has a blue head and yellow underbody; the male has a scarlet chest. It forages for seeds on the ground in dry inland scrub.
Both sexes have a blue head and yellow underbody; the male has a scarlet chest. The wing coverts are pale blue.
It uses semi-arid mallee and mulga scrub or open woodland with spinifex and saltbush, where it searches on the ground for grass, herb, and acacia seeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.