Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga olivacea (Scarlet Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Cordillera Azul National Park
White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Golden-bellied Grosbeak
Pheucticus chrysogaster
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Amazonian Grosbeak
Cyanoloxia rothschildii
Yellow-lored Tanager
Chlorothraupis frenata
Black-backed Grosbeak
Pheucticus aureoventris
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
📅 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 Cordillera Azul National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Scarlet Tanager sighting in Cordillera Azul National Park, based on 41 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarlet Tanager in Cordillera Azul National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Tanager in Cordillera Azul National Park in our monthly data.