Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga rubra (Summer Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Braulio Carrillo National Park
Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
Black-faced Grosbeak
Caryothraustes poliogaster
Carmiol's Tanager
Chlorothraupis carmioli
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-thighed Grosbeak
Pheucticus tibialis
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
📅 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 Braulio Carrillo National Park?
About 21% of visitor-days record a Summer Tanager sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park, based on 1125 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Summer Tanager in Braulio Carrillo National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Summer Tanager in Braulio Carrillo National Park in our monthly data.