Characterization: Medium-sized species measuring about 27cm in length. It has bright yellow feathers on its forehead and around its eyes. It is one of the best known and most abundant birds of the Psittacidae family. 

Distribution: The right bank of the Amazon River to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina and most of Brazil, to Paraná.

Habitat: Tree tops in savannas, secondary forests, plantations, and mangroves.

Habits: A diurnal species, it associates in flocks and forms couples, who stay together for life. This bird moves quickly, sometimes interspersed between a rapid series of wing flaps flying mostly with wings closed.

Diet: Herbivorous, more specifically a granivore and frugivorous; it usually feeds on the seeds instead of the pulp of the fruit, but it likes to eat cashew pulp.

Breeding: This bird lays its eggs in hollow trunks of palm trees or other trees, eroded rocks or even on ravines.

In the UFRA area: This parakeet species had a restricted spatial distribution, being found only in restored native forests. It is considered rare because it was only spotted once.