Amazona autumnalis
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The red-lored amazon or red-lored parrot (Amazona autumnalis) is a species of amazon parrot, native to tropical regions of the Americas, from eastern Mexico south to Ecuador where it occurs in humid evergreen to semi-deciduous forests up to 1,100 m altitude. It is absent from the Pacific side of Central America north of Costa Rica. Not originally known from El Salvador, a pair - perhaps escaped from captivity - nested successfully in 1995 and 1996 in the outskirts of San Salvador and the species might expand its range permanently into that country in the future. This species has also established feral populations in several California cities.
The red-lored 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 autumnalis. Linnaeus based his description on the "lesser green parrot" that had been described and illustrated in 1751 by the English naturalist George Edwards in the fourth volume of his A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Edwards mistakenly believed his specimen had come from the West Indies... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-lored Parrot sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 524 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 85th most-seen of the 363 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.
July to May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-lored Parrot in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-lored Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Red-lored Parrot sightings, Panama City ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in León (México, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-lored Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Panama City (524 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.
