Aratinga strenua
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The Pacific parakeet (Psittacara strenuus), known as Pacific conure or Nicaraguan green conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
The Pacific parakeet was for a time placed in the genus Aratinga but from about 2013 has been in its present genus Psittacara. Its taxonomy is otherwise unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee, the American Ornithological Society, and the Clements taxonomy treat it as a full, monotypic, species. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) considers it to be a subspecies of the green parakeet (P. holochlorus).
The Pacific parakeet is about 32 cm (13 in) long. The sexes are alike. Adults are generally olive green which is slightly yellowish on the underparts; some have red speckles on their neck. The undersides of their flight feathers and tail are olive-yellow. Their iris is orange-red surrounded by bare pale beige skin, their bill horn colored, and their legs and feet are brownish. Wikipedia →
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El Salvador · 2021
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Guatemala · 2024
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Guatemala · 2020
© Heidi Pasch de Viteri · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 2 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cologne Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Philip's Animal Garden (Aruba) | 🇦🇼 Aruba | |
| 4 | Cologne Zoo Aquarium | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pacific Parakeet sighting in Managua on a given day, based on 90 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 50th most-seen of the 132 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July–September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pacific Parakeet in Managua on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–June, the lowest months. Those are among Managua's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pacific 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.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Pacific Parakeet sightings, Managua ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in San Salvador (El Salvador, about 30%) and Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pacific Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Managua (90 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.
