Amazona festiva
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The festive amazon (Amazona festiva), also known as the festive parrot, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. It is associated with forest (especially Várzea) and woodland growing near major rivers. Locally, it is also found in coastal mangroves (primarily in Amapá).
The festive amazon was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus festivus. Linnaeus mistakenly specified the type location as "Indies". It was later designated as the Amazon River in Brazil. The festive amazon is now one of around thirty species placed in the genus Amazona that was introduced by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1830. The genus name is a Latinized version of the name Amazone used in the 18th century by the Comte de Buffon. The specific epithet festivus is Latin for "festive" or "cheerful".
Two subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 4 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Amaru | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Agroflori Parque de las Aves | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Aquarium Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Selva Viva Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Tropical Manaus Zoo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Zoológico do Acre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | GüiráOga | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Festive Parrot sighting in Amacayacu National Natural Park on a given day, based on 146 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 68th most-seen of the 436 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, July, September and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Festive Parrot in Amacayacu National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Festive Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Festive Parrot sightings, Amacayacu National Natural Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, about 60%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Festive Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Amacayacu National Natural Park (146 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
