Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga olivacea (Scarlet Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Celestún Biosphere Reserve
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Blue Bunting
Cyanocompsa parellina
Tropical Mockingbird
Mimus gilvus
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Mangrove Vireo
Vireo pallens
📅 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 Celestún Biosphere Reserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Scarlet Tanager sighting in Celestún Biosphere Reserve, based on 20 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarlet Tanager in Celestún Biosphere Reserve?
April has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Tanager in Celestún Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.