Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga olivacea (Scarlet Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Rose-throated Tanager
Piranga roseogularis
Black-faced Grosbeak
Caryothraustes poliogaster
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Gray-throated Chat
Granatellus sallaei
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Spot-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius maculipectus
📅 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 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Scarlet Tanager sighting in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarlet Tanager in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary?
April has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Tanager in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.