Amazona farinosa
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The mealy amazon or mealy parrot (Amazona farinosa) is among the largest parrots in the genus Amazona, the amazon parrots. It is a mainly green parrot with a total length of 38–41 cm (15–16 in). It is native to tropical Central and South America. This species, the southern mealy amazon (Amazona farinosa farinosa), the northern mealy amazon (Amazona farinosa guatemalae) are considered conspecific.
A. f. guatemalae: Found from southeastern Mexico to Honduras. Also known as the northern mealy amazon, blue-crowned mealy amazon or the Guatemalan amazon. Also known as the Costa Rican mealy amazon or the green-headed amazon.
A. f. farinosa : Found in tropical Central and South America. Also known as the southern mealy amazon. The mealy amazon was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mealy Parrot sighting in Carara National Park on a given day, based on 1,128 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 121st most-seen of the 414 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–March and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mealy Parrot in Carara National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April–September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mealy 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.
20th of 34
Of the 34 parks where we can rate Mealy Parrot sightings, Carara National Park ranks 20th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 40%), Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 40%) and Darién National Park (Panama, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Amazona
The closest relatives of the Mealy Parrot that you can see in Carara National Park (genus Amazona, Amazon Parrots) are Red-lored Parrot (about 20%) and White-fronted Parrot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mealy Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Carara National Park (1,128 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.
