Layard's Parakeet

Layard's Parakeet

Psittacula calthrapae

50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Closest Relatives at Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Plum-headed Parakeet

Plum-headed Parakeet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psittacula cyanocephala

10–20% · With luck
Rose-ringed Parakeet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Psittacula krameri

0–10% · Rare
Alexandrine Parakeet

Alexandrine Parakeet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psittacula eupatria

<5% · Rare
Ceylon Hanging-Parrot
LC

Ceylon Hanging-Parrot

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Loriculus beryllinus

70–80% · Very likely

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
40–50
Feb
60–70
Mar
50–60
Apr
60–70
May
50–60
Jun
50–60
Jul
50–60
Aug
50–60
Sep
60–70
Oct
60–70
Nov
50–60
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
50–60%
2 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Layard's Parakeet in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

About 55% of visitor-days record a Layard's Parakeet sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 800 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Layard's Parakeet in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

May has the highest sighting rate for Layard's Parakeet in Sinharaja Forest Reserve in our monthly data.

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