Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga olivacea (Scarlet Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Point Pelee National Park
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
📅 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 Point Pelee National Park?
About 32% of visitor-days record a Scarlet Tanager sighting in Point Pelee National Park, based on 4234 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarlet Tanager in Point Pelee National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Tanager in Point Pelee National Park in our monthly data.