Amazona autumnalis
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The red-lored amazon or red-lored parrot (Amazona autumnalis) is a species of amazon parrot, native to tropical regions of the Americas, from eastern Mexico south to Ecuador where it occurs in humid evergreen to semi-deciduous forests up to 1,100 m altitude. It is absent from the Pacific side of Central America north of Costa Rica. Not originally known from El Salvador, a pair - perhaps escaped from captivity - nested successfully in 1995 and 1996 in the outskirts of San Salvador and the species might expand its range permanently into that country in the future. This species has also established feral populations in several California cities.
The red-lored amazon 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 autumnalis. Linnaeus based his description on the "lesser green parrot" that had been described and illustrated in 1751 by the English naturalist George Edwards in the fourth volume of his A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Edwards mistakenly believed his specimen had come from the West Indies... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red-lored Parrot sighting in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 194 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 240 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Red-lored Parrot in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against about 20% in September, the lowest month. That is one of Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 370 mm in June.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-lored Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 42
Of the 42 parks where we can rate Red-lored Parrot sightings, Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve ranks 7th at about 40%. The best odds are in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 70%), Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 70%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 60%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Amazona
The closest relatives of the Red-lored Parrot that you can see in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (genus Amazona, Amazon Parrots) are Mealy Parrot (about 30%) and White-fronted Parrot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-lored Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (194 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.
