Aratinga chloroptera
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The Hispaniolan parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus) is a Vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola which is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In the former country it is called "perico" and in the latter "perruche".
The Hispaniolan parakeet was for a time placed in the genus Aratinga but from about 2013 has been in its present genus Psittacara. The International Ornithological Committee, the American Ornithological Society, and the Clements taxonomy consider the Hispaniolan parakeet to be monotypic. They previously treated what is now the Puerto Rican parakeet (P. maugei) as a subspecies. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World retains that former treatment (the Puerto Rican parakeet is now extinct; it had occurred on Mona Island and probably on the main island of Puerto Rico).
The Hispaniolan parakeet has at times been suggested to be conspecific with the white-eyed parakeet (P. leucophthalmus); it and the Cuban parakeet (P. euops) form a superspecies. The Hispaniolan parakeet is 30 to 33 cm (12 to... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
Very likely
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Hispaniolan Parakeet sighting in Santo Domingo on a given day, based on 1,150 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 110 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Hispaniolan Parakeet in Santo Domingo on a given day, against about 60% in August, the lowest month.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hispaniolan Parakeet sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Santo Domingo, in our data
Santo Domingo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hispaniolan Parakeet sightings: about 80% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hispaniolan Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Santo Domingo (1,150 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.
