First photo of a red-fan parrot was made by Ronald Teulings in Suriname, below the text are a photo made by KD Dijkstra along the Coesewijne in september 07 and two photos made by Pascal Dubois in French Guyane in 2002. The red fan parrot lives in small groups in the treetops and can be recognised by its hawk-like head. When flying it has a broad, rounded and long tail and that too makes it resemble a hawk. It is rather common except near the coast. When excited, it can erect the feathers at the back of its neck. As the birds grow older, their forehead gets whiter, so the photos below are of older birds. They do nest in holes in trees made by woodpeckers, so the bird in the photo above may have plans here. This is a sound of a red-fan parrot taped by Otte Ottema.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest. Biggest group 10, Raleigh Falls 1980 (Ribot).
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna |  |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests | |
| Sipalawini savanna |  |
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