Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga olivacea (Scarlet Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Piedras Blancas National Park
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
📅 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 Piedras Blancas National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Scarlet Tanager sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarlet Tanager in Piedras Blancas National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Tanager in Piedras Blancas National Park in our monthly data.