The turquoise parrot inhabits open woodland and savanna woodland composed either of native cypress ("Callitris" species) or eucalypts, particularly white box ("Eucalyptus albens"), yellow box ("E. melliodora"), Blakely's red gum ("E. blakelyi"), red box ("E. polyanthemos"), red stringybark ("E. macrorhyncha"), bimble box ("E. populnea"), or mugga ironbark ("E. sideroxylon"), and less commonly "Angophora" near Sydney, silvertop ash forest ("E. sieberi") in Nadgee Nature Reserve, and stands of river red gum ("E. camaldulensis"), mountain swamp gum ("E. camphora") or western grey box ("E. microcarpa") in flatter more open areas. Within this habitat, it prefers rocky ridges or gullies, or transitional areas between different habitats, such as between woodland and grassland or fields in cultivated areas.