Pionus menstruus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The blue-headed parrot, also known as the blue-headed pionus (Pionus menstruus) is a medium-sized parrot of about 27 cm (11 in) in length. The body is mostly green, with a blue head and neck, and red undertail coverts. It is a resident in tropical and subtropical South America and southern Central America, from Costa Rica, Venezuela and the Caribbean island of Trinidad south to Bolivia and Brazil.
Its habitat is forest and semi-open country, including cultivated areas. It is largely restricted to humid or semi-humid regions, but locally extends into drier habitats, at least along rivers. The blue-headed parrot lays three to five white eggs in a tree cavity.
Blue-headed parrots are noisy birds and make light, high-pitched squeaking sweenk calls. They eat fruit and seeds, and sometimes grain. They roost communally in palm and other trees, and large numbers can be seen at the roost sites at dawn and dusk.
Blue-headed parrots are popular as pets. Compared to other parrot species (like amazons) they are very quiet. They are affectionate, but not known for their talking ability. The blue-headed parrot was formally described in 1766 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in... Wikipedia →
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-headed Parrot sighting in Goiânia on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 174 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
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-headed Parrot in Goiânia on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, May and July–August, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-headed 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.
5th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Blue-headed Parrot sightings, Goiânia ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cali (Colombia, about 60%), Belém (Brazil, about 30%) and Panama City (Panama, about 10%).
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-headed Parrot that you can see in Goiânia (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (about 90%), Blue-and-yellow Macaw (about 50%) and White-eyed Parakeet (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-headed Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Goiânia (36 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.
