Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga ludoviciana (Western Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
Lazuli Bunting
Passerina amoena
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Varied Bunting
Passerina versicolor
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
📅 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 Western Tanager in Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
About 27% of visitor-days record a Western Tanager sighting in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, based on 161 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Tanager in Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Western Tanager in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in our monthly data.