Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusEucometis
- SpeciesEucometis penicillata (Gray-headed Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Saltator grandis
Black-headed Saltator
Saltator atriceps
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila morelleti
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Yellow-winged Tanager
Thraupis abbas
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Tropical Mockingbird
Mimus gilvus
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
📅 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 Gray-headed Tanager in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
About 15% of visitor-days record a Gray-headed Tanager sighting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, based on 314 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Gray-headed Tanager in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
April has the highest sighting rate for Gray-headed Tanager in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.