In 1999, Brazilian researchers set out to the Amazon rainforest to find specimens of the small green parrot.

Prior to the discovery of the bald parrot, it was found these birds were sexually mature and had the potential to be a new species.

[2] As several other members of the genus Pyrilia, it has red underwing coverts that barely are visible when perched, but highly conspicuous in flight.

The bald parrot communicates with sounds that consist of a high pitched "skee-skee-skee" and a rolling slightly nasal of a "chow-chow-chow".

It has the complexion of intensely orange skin, a paler and more yellow color around the eye, black(ish) coloring around the neck, a mostly green lower neck, light yellow tint to the green wings, and tinged with blue on the lower belly.