Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga olivacea (Scarlet Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Sierra de la Macarena National Park
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Amazonian Grosbeak
Cyanoloxia rothschildii
Rose-breasted Chat
Granatellus pelzelni
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Violaceous Jay
Cyanocorax violaceus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Southern House Wren
Troglodytes musculus
Crested Oropendola
Psarocolius decumanus
📅 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 Sierra de la Macarena National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Scarlet Tanager sighting in Sierra de la Macarena National Park, based on 80 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarlet Tanager in Sierra de la Macarena National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Tanager in Sierra de la Macarena National Park in our monthly data.