Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga olivacea (Scarlet Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Carmiol's Tanager
Chlorothraupis carmioli
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus susurrans
📅 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 Soberanía National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Scarlet Tanager sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 518 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarlet Tanager in Soberanía National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Tanager in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.