Adults have a brownish crown and reddish brown ear coverts; the rest of their face is yellowish green.

Their chin, the sides of their neck, and their breast are yellowish green; brown feather edges give a scaly appearance.

Though the type specimen is noted as having been collected in Bolivia, the area is now believed to be part of Paraguay.

[4] The blaze-winged parakeet inhabits parts of the Pantanal and Chaco, where it occurs mostly in deciduous and gallery forest.

Flocks in flight "call frequently and simultaneously, producing a noisy, harsh and piercing chattering.

Logging, conversion of habitat to small-scale farming and ranching, and the pet trade are potential threats but none of them appear to be major problems.