Amazona aestiva
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The blue-fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva), also called the blue-fronted parrot, the turquoise-fronted amazon and the turquoise-fronted parrot, is a South American species of amazon parrot and one of the most common amazon parrots kept in captivity as a pet or companion parrot. Its common name is derived from the distinctive blue/turquoise marking on its head just above its beak.
The blue-fronted amazon was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Its specific epithet is the feminine form of the Latin adjective aestivus, "of the summer". Two subspecies are recognized:
The leading edge of the wing ("shoulder") is red. A. a. xanthopteryx occurs from northern and eastern Bolivia through adjacent parts of Brazil, to Paraguay and northern Argentina. The "shoulder" is partly or wholly yellow. Generally with more yellow to the head than nominate.
The taxon xanthopteryx has been treated as a separate species, but the two subspecies interbreed freely where they come into contact. Additionally, there are significant individual variations in both facial... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 3 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 10 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-fronted Parrot sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 1,335 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 105th most-seen of the 274 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.
April and June–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-fronted Parrot in Buenos Aires on a given day, against under 5% in March and May, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-fronted 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.
9th of 14
Of the 14 cities where we can rate Blue-fronted Parrot sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in São Paulo (Brazil, about 30%), Asuncion (Paraguay, about 20%) and Niterói (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-fronted Parrot that you can see in Buenos Aires (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Monk Parakeet (about 80%), Nanday Parakeet (about 50%) and White-eyed Parakeet (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-fronted Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Buenos Aires (1,335 verified sightings), 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.
