Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga rubra (Summer Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-faced Grosbeak
Caryothraustes poliogaster
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Black-thighed Grosbeak
Pheucticus tibialis
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
📅 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 Summer Tanager in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
About 20% of visitor-days record a Summer Tanager sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 1903 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Summer Tanager in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
January has the highest sighting rate for Summer Tanager in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in our monthly data.