Aprosmictus erythropterus
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In 3 days ~80% 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 |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red-winged Parrot sighting in Nitmiluk National Park on a given day, based on 235 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 103 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.
June and July
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Red-winged Parrot in Nitmiluk National Park on a given day, against about 30% in October, the lowest month. Those are among Nitmiluk National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 270 mm in January.
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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Red-winged Parrot sightings, Nitmiluk National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Litchfield National Park (Australia, about 30%) and Kakadu National Park (Australia, about 30%).
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Red-winged Parrot that you can see in Nitmiluk National Park (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Red-collared Lorikeet (about 80%), Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (about 60%) and Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (about 50%), 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 Nitmiluk National Park (235 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.
