Aratinga holochlora
Silhouette: Myriam_Ramirez · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The green parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus), green conure, or Mexican green conure is a New World parrot. As defined by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), it is native to Mexico and southern Texas in the Rio Grande Valley.
The green parakeet was formally described in 1859 by the English zoologist Philip Sclater under the binomial name Conurus holochlorus based on a specimen that had been collected near the town of Xalapa in the state Veracruz of southern Mexico. The specific epithet holochlorus is from Classical Greek ὁλοχλωρος/holokhlōros meaning "all-green" or "all-yellow". The green parakeet was formerly placed in the genus Aratinga, but is now one of 12 species placed in the resurrected genus Psittacara that was introduced in 1825 by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors.
Three subspecies are recognised: The subspecies P. h. rubritorquis has sometimes been considered as a separate species, the red-throated parakeet. The Socorro parakeet... Wikipedia →
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Honduras · 2020
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Mexico · 2023
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United States · 2025
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Torreón | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 5 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skansen | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 2 | Zoológico de San Juan de Aragón | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Zoológico la pastroa | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Zoológico del Altiplano | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Macaw mountain bird park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Zoológico de Culiacán | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Unidad de Manejo Ambiental | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Baltic Sea Science Center | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 10 | Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Parakeet sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, based on 103 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 98th most-seen of the 243 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Green Parakeet in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May, July–October and December–March, the lowest months. That is one of Cañón del Sumidero National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 260 mm in June.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green 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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Green Parakeet sightings, Cañón del Sumidero National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Celaque National Park (Honduras, about 10%) and Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (Mexico, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (103 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.
