Tui Parakeet

Tui Parakeet

Brotogeris sanctithomae

Silhouette: Myriam Ramirez · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Manu National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

402 Verified sightings at Manu National Park From 2019 to 2026
836 In all 3 parks
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Tui Parakeet

The tui parakeet (Brotogeris sanctithomae) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and possibly Ecuador. The tui parakeet shares genus Brotogeris with seven other species of parakeets.

The tui parakeet is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs an average of 59 g (2.1 oz). Adults are mostly green that is yellower on the rump and underparts. They have yellow lores and forehead and a bluish tinge on the face. Their primaries are a darker green than the body and bluish on their underside. Their bill is brown. Subspecies B. s. takatsukasae differs from the nominate only by adding a yellow streak behind the eye. Immature birds are essentially the same as adults.

The nominate subspecies of the tui parakeet is found in the Amazon Basin of extreme southeastern Colombia, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and Brazil east to the Rio Madeira. Undocumented sight records in eastern Ecuador lead the... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:10

Brazil · 1996

© Dante Buzzetti · XC690829 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Canto0:21

Brazil · 2018

© Caio Brito · XC556174 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:05

Brazil · 2019

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC493815 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~40%
2 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
3 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Manaus 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Tui Parakeet in Manu National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tui Parakeet sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 402 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 165th most-seen of the 641 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Tui Parakeet in Manu National Park?

April to January

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tui Parakeet in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Tui Parakeet?

Between 2 and 5 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tui 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.

Is Manu National Park the best place to see a Tui Parakeet?

2nd of 3

Of the 3 parks where we can rate Tui Parakeet sightings, Manu National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 40%).

Where does the Tui Parakeet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Tui Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (402 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.

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