Bay-headed Tanager
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Bay-headed Tanager

Tangara gyrola

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Soberanía National Park
45 Verified sightings at Soberanía National Park From 2019 to 2026
16,818 Verified sightings across all 35 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ 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 Soberanía National Park

Plain-colored Tanager
LC

Plain-colored Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tangara inornata

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Silver-throated Tanager
LC

Silver-throated Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tangara icterocephala

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Palm Tanager

Palm Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis palmarum

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
Crimson-backed Tanager
LC

Crimson-backed Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ramphocelus dimidiatus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Blue-gray Tanager

Blue-gray Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis episcopus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
White-shouldered Tanager

White-shouldered Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Loriotus luctuosus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
Blue Dacnis
LC

Blue Dacnis

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dacnis cayana

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
Variable Seedeater
LC

Variable Seedeater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sporophila corvina

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
Gray-headed Tanager
LC

Gray-headed Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Eucometis penicillata

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Golden-hooded Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Stilpnia larvata

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Red-legged Honeycreeper
LC

Red-legged Honeycreeper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Green Honeycreeper
LC

Green Honeycreeper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorophanes spiza

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

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

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Bay-headed Tanager in Soberanía National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bay-headed Tanager sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Bay-headed Tanager in Soberanía National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Bay-headed Tanager in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.

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