Known from rather fragmentary remains (some foot and wing bones for the type species Q. sudrei, three coracoids for the species Q. ivani), it was described as a parrot sufficiently distinct to be included in its own family, the Quercypsittidae.
Based on fragmentary remains, including some wing and foot bones from the type specimen (Q. sudrei) and three coracoids from another species (Q. ivani), this parrot was identified as distinct enough to warrant its own family classification: the Quercypsittidae.