Aprosmictus erythropterus
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) is a parrot native to Australia and New Guinea. It is found in grasslands, savannah, farmland, and woodland. The red-winged parrot was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus erythropterus. Gmelin based his description on the "crimson-winged parrot" that had been described in 1781 by the English ornithologist John Latham in his A General Synopsis of Birds. The red-winged parrot is now placed with the jonquil parrot in the genus Aprosmictus that was introduced in 1842 by the English ornithologist John Gould. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek απροσμικτος/aprosmiktos meaning "unsociable" or "solitary". The specific epithet erythropterus combines the Ancient Greek ερυθρος/eruthros meaning "red" with -πτερος/-pteros meaning "-winged. Alternative common names include crimson-winged parrot and blood-winged parrot.
Two subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Safari Madrid | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Paphos Zoo | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | |
| 4 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Tamworth Marsupial Park & Adventure Playground | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Gorge Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Rainforestation Nature Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Millcreek Bird Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 9 | Brooklands Zoo | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 10 | Greenough Wildlife & Bird Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Birdworld Kuranda | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Kuranda Koala Gardens | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Cairns Zoom and Wildlife Dome | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Mini Zoo Zielona Góra | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 15 | Ranger Red’s Zoo & Conservation Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red-winged Parrot sighting in Litchfield National Park on a given day, based on 121 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 110 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May and August–September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red-winged Parrot in Litchfield National Park on a given day, against about 10% in November, the lowest month.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-winged 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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Red-winged Parrot sightings, Litchfield National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Nitmiluk National Park (Australia, about 50%).
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Red-winged Parrot that you can see in Litchfield National Park (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (about 50%), Red-collared Lorikeet (about 50%) and Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-winged Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Litchfield National Park (121 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.
