Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga olivacea (Scarlet Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Cahuita National Park
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Western Slaty-Antshrike
Thamnophilus atrinucha
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Lesser Greenlet
Hylophilus decurtatus
Olive-backed Euphonia
Euphonia gouldi
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Myrmeciza exsul
Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma
📅 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 Scarlet Tanager in Cahuita National Park?
About 12% of visitor-days record a Scarlet Tanager sighting in Cahuita National Park, based on 68 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarlet Tanager in Cahuita National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Tanager in Cahuita National Park in our monthly data.