Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga olivacea (Scarlet Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Madidi National Park
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Yellow-lored Tanager
Chlorothraupis frenata
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Amazonian Grosbeak
Cyanoloxia rothschildii
Black-backed Grosbeak
Pheucticus aureoventris
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Moustached Wren
Pheugopedius genibarbis
Crested Oropendola
Psarocolius decumanus
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
📅 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 Madidi National Park?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Scarlet Tanager sighting in Madidi National Park, based on 62 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarlet Tanager in Madidi National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Tanager in Madidi National Park in our monthly data.