In the past, some speculated that it might be conspecific with the green-cheeked parakeet.

The green-cheeked parakeet has six subspecies:

Massena described a number of new parrots with his nephew Charles de Souancé, including the green-cheeked parakeet.

Green-cheeked parakeet, Pyrrhura molinae.

The green-cheeked parakeet is similar to the maroon-bellied parakeet (P. frontalis), and formerly there have been speculations that they were conspecific.

The name Green-cheeked Conure is primarily used in aviculture, while the name 'Green-cheeked Parakeet' is used elsewhere.

The green-cheeked parakeet occurs in west-central and southern Mato Grosso, Brazil, northern and eastern Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, and western Paraguay.

The green-cheeked parakeet or green-cheeked conure (Pyrrhura molinae) is a small parrot of the genus Pyrrhura, which is part of a long-tailed group of the New World parrot subfamily Arinae.

This was based on an apparent black-capped-green-cheeked hybrid found in Puno, Peru, though the identification of this individual (or at least its provenance) must be considered questionable, as beyond the range of the green-cheeked parakeet, which has never been recorded in Peru.

The green-cheeked parakeet or green-cheeked conure (Pyrrhura molinae) is a small parrot of the genus Pyrrhura, which is part of a long-tailed group of the New World parrot subfamily Arinae.