Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga ludoviciana (Western Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Ostional Wildlife Refuge
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Rufous-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus capistratus
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
📅 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 Ostional Wildlife Refuge?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Western Tanager sighting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge, based on 10 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Tanager in Ostional Wildlife Refuge?
March has the highest sighting rate for Western Tanager in Ostional Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.