 The 3-6 white eggs are laid in an unlined nest, usually a natural cavity in a tree or a hollow palm stub.The white-crowned parrot is 24 cm long and weighs 220 g. The adult male has a white forehead and crown, the feature which, likened to an old man's white hair, gave rise to the specific name "senilis".The throat is white, and the rest of the head, neck and breast are dull dark blue.