Pyrrhura picta
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The painted parakeet (Pyrrhura picta), known as the painted conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in northeastern South America.
The painted parakeet was described in 1776 as Psittacus pictus by the German zoologist Philipp Statius Müller. Müller gave the locality as Cayenne, now French Guiana. Müller cited "Buffon" as the source of his information on the parakeet. Although the Comte de Buffon published a description of the "La perriche à gorge variée" in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, this was in 1779, after Müller's publication. Instead, Müller had access to the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle, a set of hand-coloured plates engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet that were produced to accompany Buffon's work. Before Buffon, the painted parakeet had been described in 1648 as the "Anaca" by the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave and in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson as "La petite perruche brune du Brésil". The specific epithet pictus is from Latin meaning "painted". The painted parakeet is placed in the genus Pyrrhura that was introduced... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Parakeet sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 126th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Parakeet in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, August and October–November, the lowest months. May to July have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Painted Parakeet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Painted Parakeet sightings, Brownsberg Nature Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Manu National Park (Peru, under 5%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, under 5%).
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Painted Parakeet that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Dusky Parrot (about 40%), Blue-headed Parrot (about 30%) and Red-fan Parrot (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Painted Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (27 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.
