Aratinga cactorum
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Caatinga parakeet (Eupsittula cactorum), also called the cactus parakeet and in aviculture the cactus conure, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is endemic to eastern Brazil.
The Cattinga parakeet and the brown-throated parakeet (E. pertinax) form a species pair. The Caatinga parakeet is about 25 cm (9.8 in) long. The sexes are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a pale brown forecrown, cheeks, throat, sides of the neck, and breast. Bare whitish skin surrounds their eye. Their belly and vent area are yellow-orange. Their nape, ear coverts, upperparts, and tail are green. Their wings are mostly green with bluish flight feathers. Immature birds are similar to adults but have a completely green crown and duller underparts. Subspecies E. c. caixana has the same plumage pattern as the nominate but is overall paler.
The subspecies E. c. caixana is the more northerly of the two. It is found in northeastern Brazil from Maranhão... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoológico Dois Irmãos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 4 | Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cactus Parakeet sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 329 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 271 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Cactus Parakeet in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, against about 20% in March and September, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cactus 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.
Only Chapada Diamantina National Park, in our data
Chapada Diamantina National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cactus Parakeet sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cactus Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Chapada Diamantina National Park (329 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.
