Aratinga holochlora
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The green parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus), green conure, or Mexican green conure is a New World parrot. As defined by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), it is native to Mexico and southern Texas in the Rio Grande Valley.
The green parakeet was formally described in 1859 by the English zoologist Philip Sclater under the binomial name Conurus holochlorus based on a specimen that had been collected near the town of Xalapa in the state Veracruz of southern Mexico. The specific epithet holochlorus is from Classical Greek ὁλοχλωρος/holokhlōros meaning "all-green" or "all-yellow". The green parakeet was formerly placed in the genus Aratinga, but is now one of 12 species placed in the resurrected genus Psittacara that was introduced in 1825 by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors.
Three subspecies are recognised: The subspecies P. h. rubritorquis has sometimes been considered as a separate species, the red-throated parakeet. The Socorro parakeet... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Torreón | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 5 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skansen | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 2 | Zoológico de San Juan de Aragón | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Zoológico la pastroa | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Zoológico del Altiplano | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Macaw mountain bird park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Zoológico de Culiacán | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Unidad de Manejo Ambiental | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Baltic Sea Science Center | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 10 | Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Parakeet sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 263 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th most-seen of the 275 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.
February–May, August and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Parakeet in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, June–July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Parakeet sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Green Parakeet sightings, Cumbres de Monterrey National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (Mexico, about 10%) and Celaque National Park (Honduras, about 10%).
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Green Parakeet that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Red-crowned Parrot (about 10%), Maroon-fronted Parrot (about 10%) and Yellow-headed Amazon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (263 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
