It is a short-tailed stocky parrot found in forest and woodland in north-western South America.

The bronze-winged parrot is mainly dark with a whitish chin patch and its upper chest is speckled with pink feathers.

It appears to be rather nomadic in parts of its range, but the movements (possibly only in response to the availability of food) are generally poorly understood.

Evie, a three-year-old, female bronze-winged parrot, is featured in the television show Dr. K's exotic animal ER, on Nat Geo Wild Network, as the personal pet of Dr. Lauren Thielen.

[3] Sora, a young, male bronze-winged parrot, is one of the mascots of Tiktoker and Youtuber Five's A Flock.