[1] As the yellow-faced parrot has disappeared from parts of its former range due to habitat destruction and generally occurs in low densities, it was considered vulnerable by the IUCN, but it remains locally fairly common, occurs in several protected areas and can survive in fragmented habitats, leading to its downlisting to near-threatened.

[1] The German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix first described the species in 1824 as Psittacus xanthops.

[5] Measuring about 27 cm (11 in) in length, the yellow-faced parrot has a stocky body and short tail.

[6] It is a predominantly green and yellow-plumaged bird that in adults has a yellow crown, lores, cheeks and auriculars.

The central feathers of the short tail are green, while the lateral ones are more yellow-green and have orange-red bases.

[6] The majority of its range is in central and eastern Brazil, where found from Maranhão and Piauí to São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul.

[1] The yellow-faced parrot forages for and eats the fruit and seeds of trees including Anacardium species, Salacia crassifolia and Astronium fraxinifolium.