Forpus passerinus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The green-rumped parrotlet (Forpus passerinus), also known as the green-rumped parakeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae that is found in northeastern South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad. The green-rumped parrotlet occurs from northern Venezuela eastwards to the lower Amazon in Brazil, Also
Suriname and has been introduced to Curaçao, Jamaica and Barbados. It prefers semi-open lowland areas and is also sometimes present in city parks. There are five subspecies. The green-rumped parrotlet was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus passerinus. Linnaeus specified the type location as "America", but this was changed to Surinam by Hans von Berlepsch in 1908. The green-rumped parrotlet is now one of nine species placed in the genus Forpus that was introduced in 1858 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie. The etymology of the genus name is uncertain. The specific epithet passerinus is from Latin and means "sparrow-like".
Five subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | |
| 5 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Bird Kingdom | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Green-rumped Parrotlet sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 216 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 49th most-seen of the 103 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Green-rumped Parrotlet in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in May, the lowest month. That is one of Main Ridge Forest Reserve's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 230 mm in October.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-rumped Parrotlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Green-rumped Parrotlet sightings, Main Ridge Forest Reserve ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Caroni Swamp (Trinidad and Tobago, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-rumped Parrotlet is recorded against all the birds logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (216 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.
