Bay-headed Tanager

Tangara gyrola

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
GenusTangara (Tangara Tanagers)
SpeciesTangara gyrola (Bay-headed Tanager)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Rincón de la Vieja National Park

2 Verified sightings at Rincón de la Vieja National Park From 2019 to 2026

16,818 Verified sightings across all 35 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Bay-headed Tanager

The bay-headed tanager (Tangara gyrola) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, South America south to Ecuador, Bolivia, and north-western Brazil, and on Trinidad. The bay-headed tanager was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Fringilla gyrola. The specific epithet is a diminutive of the Latin gyrus meaning "ring". Linnaeus based his own description on the "red-headed green-finch" that had been described and illustrated by the English naturalist George Edwards in 1743 in his A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. The type locality is Suriname. The bay-headed tanager is now placed in the genus Tangara that was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760.

Nine subspecies are recognised: T. g. bangsi (Hellmayr, 1911) – Nicaragua to west Panama T. g. deleticia (Bangs, 1908) – east Panama to central, west Colombia T. g. nupera Bangs, 1917 – southwest Colombia, west Ecuador and northwest Peru

T. g. toddi Bangs & Penard, TE, 1921 – north Colombia and northwest, north Venezuela T. g. viridissima (Lafresnaye... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Rincón de la Vieja National Park

Tangara lavinia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tangara icterocephala

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Eucometis penicillata

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Thraupis episcopus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Coereba flaveola

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Thraupis palmarum

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tiaris olivaceus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Stilpnia larvata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Ramphocelus passerinii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Chlorophanes spiza

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sporophila morelleti

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~70%
2	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~50%
3	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
4	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
5	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~20%
6	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~20%
7	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
8	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	~20%
9	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
10	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
11	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~20%
12	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
13	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
14	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
15	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
16	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
17	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
18	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
19	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
20	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
21	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
22	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
23	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
24	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
25	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
26	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
27	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
28	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
29	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
30	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
31	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
32	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
33	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
34	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
35	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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Bay-headed Tanager

About the Bay-headed Tanager

Recent sightings of Bay-headed Tanager in Rincón de la Vieja National Park

Closest Relatives at Rincón de la Vieja National Park

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found