Brotogeris tirica
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The plain parakeet (Brotogeris tirica) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is endemic to Brazil. The plain parakeet 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 tirica. The type locality was subsequently designated as Brazil. The plain parakeet is now placed with seven other parakeets in genus Brotogeris that was introduced in 1825 by Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek brotogērus meaning "with human voice". The specific epithet tirica is from the Tupi language tiriba meaning "tinkling". The word was used for a parakeet. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognized.
The plain parakeet is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs about 63 g (2.2 oz). Adults have an essentially all green body, though their nape has a bluish tinge and their undersides have a yellowish one. Their shoulder is bronzy or brownish... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | São Paulo Zoo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Acqua Mundo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Parakeet sighting in Tijuca National Park on a given day, based on 1,796 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 214 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, September and December
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Parakeet in Tijuca National Park on a given day, against about 50% in March, June and August, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain 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 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Plain Parakeet sightings, Tijuca National Park ranks 2nd at about 60%. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 70%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plain Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Tijuca National Park (1,796 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.
