The Golden-winged Parakeet has a dark golden-orange patch on the wing (not always visible) and bluish wing-tips. It is darker green than most of the other "Brotogeris" parakeets.

It also has a bluish-green head and silver-green cheeks, similar to its relative the Tuipara below. It is native to the northern Amazon. Unusually for parrots/parakeets, most of which are vegetarian, Golden-winged Parakeets are said to supplement their seed and fruit diet with freshwater snails in the wild.

The Tuipara Parakeet has a dark orange chin but is overall much darker than the "Orange-chinned" Parakeet and does not have the bronze patch on its outer wing. It is native to northern Brazil and is a subspecies of the Golden-winged above. Like the Golden-winged, it has a bluey-green brow, silvery-green cheeks and a darker green body colour.