The Mountain Parakeet has several subspecies with different plumages and ranges. This entry describes the nominate subspecies aurifrons. Its male is mainly green, with yellow on the face and throat and blue on the outer primary feathers.
The male of the nominate subspecies aurifrons is mainly green, with yellow on the face, throat, and sides of the breast, and blue on the outer webs of the primary feathers.
It is social and searches for food in bushes and on the ground. In the puna zone, its wild diet includes buds and seeds, legume seeds, and berries.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.