Psittacus timneh
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The Timneh parrot (Psittacus timneh), also known as the Timneh grey parrot or Timneh African grey parrot, is a West African parrot. Formerly classified as a subspecies of the grey parrot Psittacus erithacus timneh, it is now considered a full species Psittacus timneh. In aviculture, it is often referred to by the initials TAG and is commonly kept as a companion parrot.
The Timneh parrot was formally described in 1844 by the British zoologist and collector Louis Fraser. He coined the binomial name Psittacus timneh and specified the type locality as "Timneh country, Sierra Leone". The Temne are an ethnic group that are predominantly found in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The Timneh parrot was formerly classified as a subspecies of the grey parrot but is now treated as a separate species based on the results of a genetic and morphological study published in 2007.
The Clements Checklist classifies the Príncipe grey parrot as a subspecies... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parc des oiseaux | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Zoobotánico Jerez | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Starooskolsky Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Gatorland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Lisbon Zoo | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 6 | Melbourne Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Fresno Chaffee Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Lithuanian Zoo | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | |
| 9 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 10 | Giraffe House | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | VigoNature | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Croco Cun Zoo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 14 | Tropiquaria | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 15 | The Seas with Nemo & Friends | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Castellar Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Stichting Dierenpark | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 18 | Zoo de Lourosa | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 19 | Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 20 | Alaska Raptor Center | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 21 | Centro de Recuperação de Animais Silvestres | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Timneh Parrot sighting in Taï National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 74 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.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Timneh 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.
Only Taï National Park, in our data
Taï National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Timneh Parrot sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Timneh Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Taï National Park (13 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.
