Amazona xanthops
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The yellow-fronted parrot (Poicephalus flavifrons) from Africa is occasionally called "yellow-faced parrot". The yellow-faced parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops), formerly also known as the yellow-faced amazon, is the only species of the genus Alipiopsitta. It is a Neotropical parrot (tribe Arini), and was classified in the genus Amazona for many years. It is a predominantly green and yellow-plumaged bird with a yellow head. It is a semi-nomadic species found in the cerrado region of Brazil and adjacent Bolivia. As the yellow-faced parrot has disappeared from parts of its former range due to habitat destruction and generally occurs in low densities, it was considered vulnerable by the IUCN, but it remains locally fairly common, occurs in several protected areas and can survive in fragmented habitats, leading to its downlisting to near-threatened.
The German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix first described the species in 1824 as Psittacus xanthops. Its species name is derived from the Ancient Greek xanthos "yellow", and ops "face". For many years, it was placed within the genus Amazona, although Alípio de Miranda Ribeiro proposed the new genus Salvatoria in 1920 due to differences... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba Zoo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Zoobotânico de São José do Rio Preto | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Parque Ecológico de São Carlos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Zoo Park da Montanha | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Johor Zoo | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-faced Parrot sighting in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, based on 126 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 81st most-seen of the 294 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-faced Parrot in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March, September and November–January, the lowest months. That is one of Serra da Canastra National Park's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 280 mm in January.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-faced Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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 Yellow-faced Parrot sightings, Serra da Canastra National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Emas National Park (Brazil, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-faced Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra da Canastra National Park (126 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.
