Brotogeris cyanoptera
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) 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, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.
The International Ornithological Committee and the Clements taxonomy attribute the first description of the cobalt-winged parakeet to August von Pelzeln, dated 1870. Pelzeln called it Sittace cyanoptera and separated it from what is now the orange-chinned parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis). Peters, in his Check-list of Birds of the World, cited Tommaso Salvadori (1891) as the originator, and this citation is used by BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World.
The cobalt-winged parakeet has these three subspecies: Subspecies B. c. gustavi has been treated as a separate species by some authors. The cobalt-winged and golden-winged parakeet (B. chrysoptera) are sister species. The cobalt-winged parakeet is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long and weighs an average of 67 g (2.4 oz). The species is almost... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Natural de Pucallpa | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Agroflori Parque de las Aves | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Selva Viva Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Aquarium Paradise | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cobalt-winged Parakeet sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 1,476 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 550 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.
August
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Cobalt-winged Parakeet in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against about 30% in February and March, the lowest months. That is one of Tambopata National Reserve's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 420 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cobalt-winged Parakeet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Cobalt-winged Parakeet sightings, Tambopata National Reserve ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 50%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cobalt-winged Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Tambopata National Reserve (1,476 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.
