[3][4] The adults have a dark maroon brow which extends over the rim of bare yellow skin that surrounds the eyes.

The juvenile has a pale beak, whitish eye-rings, and lack the dark maroon stripe over each eye.

[5] Maroon-fronted parrots live in mature pine, mixed conifer, and pine-oak forests from 2000 to 3500 meters.

This bird is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental in Nuevo León, Coahuila and Tamaulipas, Mexico.

[1] The ITESM Campus Monterrey carry out environmental education programs and science research in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park and Sierra de Arteaga for the conservation of maroon-fronted parrots.