White-lined Tanager

Tachyphonus rufus

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
GenusTachyphonus (Tachyphonus Tanagers)
SpeciesTachyphonus rufus (White-lined Tanager)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Brownsberg Nature Park

3 Verified sightings at Brownsberg Nature Park From 2019 to 2026

9,537 Verified sightings across all 49 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the White-lined Tanager

The white-lined tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is a resident breeder from Costa Rica south to northern Argentina and on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

The white-lined tanager was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1779 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from specimens collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The female bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Tangara rufa in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The white-lined tanager is now placed in the genus Tachyphonus and was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the white-lined tanager as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek words takhus "fast" and phōneō "to speak". The specific rufus is Latin for "red", "ruddy... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Brownsberg Nature Park

Tachyphonus surinamus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Tachyphonus phoenicius

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Cyanerpes caeruleus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Chlorophanes spiza

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Coereba flaveola

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Thraupis palmarum

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Ramphocelus carbo

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Dacnis cayana

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Tangara gyrola

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Lanio fulvus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Thraupis episcopus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~60%
2	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~60%
3	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~50%
4	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~30%
5	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
6	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~20%
7	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~10%
8	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~10%
9	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
10	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
11	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
12	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
13	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
14	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
15	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
16	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
17	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
18	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
19	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
20	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
21	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
22	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
23	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
24	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
25	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
26	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
27	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
28	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
29	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
30	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
31	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
32	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
33	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
34	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
35	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
36	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
37	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
38	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
39	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
40	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
41	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
42	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
43	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	Insufficient data
44	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
45	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
46	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
47	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
48	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
49	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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White-lined Tanager

About the White-lined Tanager

Recent sightings of White-lined Tanager in Brownsberg Nature Park

Closest Relatives at Brownsberg Nature Park

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Bay-headed Tanager

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found