Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga rubra (Summer Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Arenal Volcano National Park
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
Carmiol's Tanager
Chlorothraupis carmioli
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-faced Grosbeak
Caryothraustes poliogaster
Black-thighed Grosbeak
Pheucticus tibialis
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Summer Tanager in Arenal Volcano National Park?
About 38% of visitor-days record a Summer Tanager sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park, based on 4191 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Summer Tanager in Arenal Volcano National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Summer Tanager in Arenal Volcano National Park in our monthly data.