Pionopsitta pyrilia
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The saffron-headed parrot (Pyrilia pyrilia) is a Near Threatened species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela. The saffron-headed parrot and the other six members of genus Pyrilia were until the early 21st century included in genus Pionopsitta with the pileated parrot (P. pileata). The saffron-headed parrot is monotypic.
The saffron-headed parrot is 22 to 24 cm (8.7 to 9.4 in) long. Adults have an almost entirely yellow head and neck. They have a ring of bare white skin around their eye; brown feathers are around it and on their lores and nares, and a red wash is behind the eye. Their breast is olive that continues as a thin line around the back of the neck. Most of the rest of their body is green, with yellow shoulders, red carpals and flanks, and yellow lower thighs. Their primaries are blackish and their tail feathers have dusky blue tips. Immature birds have green heads, shoulders, and carpals.
The saffron-headed parrot is found in Panama's eastern Darién Province, in north and central Colombia, and in... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Saffron-headed Parrot sighting in Darién National Park on a given day, based on 89 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 76th most-seen of the 397 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Saffron-headed Parrot in Darién National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Saffron-headed Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Darién National Park, in our data
Darién National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Saffron-headed Parrot sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Saffron-headed Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Darién National Park (89 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.
