The Santa Marta parakeet (Pyrrhura viridicata) is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is extremely rare and only seen by visitng the El Dorado Reserve. There aren’t many photos of this bird online, and my sighting was distant and in bad weather so I didn’t get a shot. I only saw a pair flying through the trees across the valley and this time “Hail Mary” didn’t work.
This is the photo from the ProAves website for El Dorado Reserve which is where you go to see these birds.
This Colombian endemic has an extremely limited range in the Santa Marta mountains. The only realistic way to see them is through El Dorado Reserve.
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Other people (Colombian birding guides) have been lucky enough to see this lovely bird at close range and get videos of them eating.