Amazona autumnalis
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The red-lored amazon or red-lored parrot (Amazona autumnalis) is a species of amazon parrot, native to tropical regions of the Americas, from eastern Mexico south to Ecuador where it occurs in humid evergreen to semi-deciduous forests up to 1,100 m altitude. It is absent from the Pacific side of Central America north of Costa Rica. Not originally known from El Salvador, a pair - perhaps escaped from captivity - nested successfully in 1995 and 1996 in the outskirts of San Salvador and the species might expand its range permanently into that country in the future. This species has also established feral populations in several California cities.
The red-lored 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 autumnalis. Linnaeus based his description on the "lesser green parrot" that had been described and illustrated in 1751 by the English naturalist George Edwards in the fourth volume of his A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Edwards mistakenly believed his specimen had come from the West Indies... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red-lored Parrot sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 6,486 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 503 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May and October–November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red-lored Parrot in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against about 30% in July–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-lored Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 42
Of the 42 parks where we can rate Red-lored Parrot sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 9th at about 40%. The best odds are in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 70%), Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 70%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 60%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-lored Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (6,486 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.
