Brotogeris chrysoptera
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The golden-winged parakeet (Brotogeris chrysoptera) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The golden-winged parakeet was formally described in 1766 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus chrysopterus. Linnaeus based his description on the "golden-winged parakeet" that had been described and illustrated in 1760 by the English naturalist George Edwards in the second volume of his Gleanings of Natural History. Edwards was uncertain about the origin of his specimen. Linnaeus specified the type location as "India". It was redesignated as "Guiana" in 1912. The golden-winged parakeet is now one of eight species placed in the genus Brotogeris that was introduced in 1925 by Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek brotogērus meaning "with human voice". The specific epithet chrysoptera is from the Ancient Greek khrusopteros meaning... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-winged Parakeet sighting in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 128th most-seen of the 291 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-winged Parakeet in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–December, the lowest months. That is one of Anavilhanas National Park's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain against 340 mm in March.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-winged Parakeet sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Golden-winged Parakeet sightings, Anavilhanas National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 10%).
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Golden-winged Parakeet that you can see in Anavilhanas National Park (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Festive Parrot (about 60%), Blue-and-yellow Macaw (about 30%) and Blue-headed Parrot (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-winged Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Anavilhanas National Park (31 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.
