A small Amazon parrot marked by a white forehead and red face, it feeds on different plants as local and seasonal conditions change.
Its green body, white forehead, red face, and yellowish bill are distinctive. Males show a red patch on the leading edge of the wing in flight.
Fieldwork in central Veracruz, Mexico recorded 14 plant species in the diet, with different plants eaten in different seasons.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.