Amazona festiva
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The festive amazon (Amazona festiva), also known as the festive parrot, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. It is associated with forest (especially Várzea) and woodland growing near major rivers. Locally, it is also found in coastal mangroves (primarily in Amapá).
The festive 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 festivus. Linnaeus mistakenly specified the type location as "Indies". It was later designated as the Amazon River in Brazil. The festive amazon is now one of around thirty species placed in the genus Amazona that was introduced by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1830. The genus name is a Latinized version of the name Amazone used in the 18th century by the Comte de Buffon. The specific epithet festivus is Latin for "festive" or "cheerful".
Two subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 4 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Amaru | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Agroflori Parque de las Aves | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Aquarium Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Selva Viva Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Tropical Manaus Zoo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Zoológico do Acre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | GüiráOga | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Festive Parrot sighting in Caroni Swamp on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 169 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, March–April and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Festive Parrot in Caroni Swamp on a given day, against under 5% in February, May–July and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Festive Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Festive Parrot sightings, Caroni Swamp ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, about 60%) and Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Festive Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Caroni Swamp (7 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.
