This parakeet lives in humid lowland forest in eastern Brazil. It has a white ear patch, chestnut face, and dark-red belly and tail underside, and forages from treetops to the ground.
Its breast has green, black, and white scaling; the belly and rump are dark red. The face and throat are chestnut, the forehead is blue, and a white patch marks the ear area.
It forages from the treetops down to the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.