Amazona xantholora
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The Yucatan amazon (Amazona xantholora), also known as the yellow-lored amazon, Yucatan parrot or yellow-lored parrot is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
The Yucatan amazon is monotypic. The Yucatan amazon is 25.5 to 28 cm (10 to 11 in) long and weighs 200 to 232 g (7.1 to 8.2 oz). It is mostly green. Adult males are chrome yellow on their lores and the sides of their forehead; the rest of the forehead and most of their crown are white. The area around and behind their eye is red and their ear coverts are dusky. Their rear crown is greenish blue, their nape green, and the rest of their upperparts and their underparts are yellowish green. Most of the body feathers have black edges that give a scalloped appearance. Their middle pair of tail feathers are green with pale yellowish green tips, the next pair are yellowish green with a yellow base and a red streak near the base, and the rest have progressively more red replacing the yellowish green. Their wing's leading edge and primary coverts are red, the outermost primaries... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vallazoo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Zoológico La Reina | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Croco Cun Zoo | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-lored Parrot sighting in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 271 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and May
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-lored Parrot in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month. Those are among Calakmul Biosphere Reserve's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 130 mm in June.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-lored Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, in our data
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow-lored Parrot sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Amazona
The closest relatives of the Yellow-lored Parrot that you can see in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (genus Amazona, Amazon Parrots) are White-fronted Parrot (about 30%) and Red-lored Parrot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-lored Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (23 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.
