Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga olivacea (Scarlet Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Cumbres de Monterrey National Park
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
Crimson-Collared Grosbeak
Rhodothraupis celaeno
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Blue Bunting
Cyanocompsa parellina
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
Varied Bunting
Passerina versicolor
📅 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 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Scarlet Tanager sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarlet Tanager in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Tanager in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park in our monthly data.