Aratinga acuticaudata
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The blue-crowned parakeet, blue-crowned conure, or sharp-tailed conure (Thectocercus acuticaudatus) is a small green Neotropical parrot with a blue head and pale beak native to large parts of South America, from eastern Colombia to Curacao in the southern Caribbean, and to the northern region of Argentina. They inhabit savanna-like habitats, woodland and forest margins, but avoid dense humid forest such as the Amazon.
This species is officially called a parakeet by the AOU and by birders, though usually called conures in aviculture. While T. acuticaudatus is the only species in the monotypic genus Thectocercus, this species has five subspecies: Thectocercus acuticaudatus (Vieillot 1818)
Thectocercus acuticaudatus acuticaudatus (Vieillot 1818) Thectocercus acuticaudatus haemorrhous (Spix 1824) Thectocercus acuticaudatus koenigi (Arndt 1995) Thectocercus acuticaudatus neoxenus (Cory 1909) Thectocercus acuticaudatus neumanni (Blake and Traylor 1947)
Previously, this species was part of the genus Aratinga, but that genus was split in four distinct genera once various phylogenetic studies showed that the genus, as traditionally defined, was polyphyletic. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisbon | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 2 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Arequipa | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 7 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brevard Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Biocentro Güembé | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Lisbon Zoo | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 4 | Parque Zoobotânico Arruda Câmara (BICA) | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Kentucky Down Under | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Bioparque Municipal Vesty Pakos | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Pyrénées Animal Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Alameda Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Agroflori Parque de las Aves | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 12 | Parque Loro Sexi | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Acuario de Almuñécar | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-crowned Parakeet sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, based on 238 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 125th most-seen of the 308 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-crowned Parakeet in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, against under 5% in September to November, the lowest months. That is one of Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 190 mm in January. January to April have too few records to rate.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-crowned 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.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Blue-crowned Parakeet sightings, Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 50%) and Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 10%).
Same genus: Aratinga
The closest relatives of the Blue-crowned Parakeet that you can see in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (genus Aratinga, Aratinga Parakeets) are Peach-fronted Parakeet (about 30%) and White-eyed Parakeet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-crowned Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (238 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.
