Black-headed Tanager
Stilpnia cyanoptera
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusStilpnia (Stilpnia Tanagers)
- SpeciesStilpnia cyanoptera (Black-headed Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Canaima National Park
Burnished-buff Tanager
Stilpnia cayana
Masked Tanager
Stilpnia nigrocincta
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Greater Flowerpiercer
Diglossa major
Speckled Tanager
Ixothraupis guttata
Red-shouldered Tanager
Tachyphonus phoenicius
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Purple Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes caeruleus
Yellow-bellied Tanager
Ixothraupis xanthogastra
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Black-headed Tanager in Canaima National Park?
About 43% of visitor-days record a Black-headed Tanager sighting in Canaima National Park, based on 144 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-headed Tanager in Canaima National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Black-headed Tanager in Canaima National Park in our monthly data.