Pyrrhura hoffmanni
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The sulphur-winged parakeet (Pyrrhura hoffmanni), also known as Hoffmann's conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
It is named for the German naturalist Karl Hoffmann. The sulphur-winged parakeet is about 23 to 24 cm (9.1 to 9.4 in) long and weighs an average of 82 g (2.9 oz). The sexes are the same. Adults of the nominate subspecies are mostly green. Their head, nape, and throat have some yellow inclusions; bare white skin surrounds their eye and their ear coverts are bright terracotta. Their breast has a dull orange wash. Their wing is mostly green with yellow primary coverts, inner primaries, and outer secondaries; the outer primaries are blue. Their tail's upperside is rufous olive with green fringes on the feathers; its underside is reddish brown. Immature birds have duller scaling, less orange on their breast, and much less yellow on their wings. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphur-winged Parakeet sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 427 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 178th most-seen of the 467 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphur-winged Parakeet in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and May–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sulphur-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.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Sulphur-winged Parakeet sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 30%).
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Sulphur-winged Parakeet that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are White-crowned Parrot (about 10%), Barred Parakeet (about 10%) and Crimson-fronted Parakeet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sulphur-winged Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (427 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.
