Blue-gray Tanager

Q: What are the chances of seeing a Blue-gray Tanager in Tikal National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Tanager sighting in Tikal National Park, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

Q: When is the best time to see Blue-gray Tanager in Tikal National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Blue-gray Tanager in Tikal National Park in our monthly data.

Thraupis episcopus

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
GenusThraupis (Typical Tanagers)
SpeciesThraupis episcopus (Blue-gray Tanager)

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

at Tikal National Park

31 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026

81,511 Verified sightings across all 72 parks From 2019 to 2026

May Best month highest sighting rate

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

About the Blue-gray Tanager

The blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus) is a medium-sized South American songbird of the tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. It has been introduced to Lima (Peru) and Florida (United States). On Trinidad and Tobago, this bird is called blue jean.

In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the blue-gray tanager in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Brazil. He used the French name L'evesque and the Latin name Episcopus avis. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson in his Ornithologie. One of these was the blue-gray tanager. Linnaeus included a terse description, coined the binomial name Tanagra episcopus, and cited Brisson's work. The specific name episcopus is Latin for "bishop". It was placed in the genus Thraupis... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

Thraupis abbas

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Lanio aurantius

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Sporophila morelleti

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Saltator atriceps

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Eucometis penicillata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

LC Endemic

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Chlorophanes spiza

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

LC Endemic

Coereba flaveola

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Stilpnia larvata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Saltator maximus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Volatinia jacarina

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sporophila funerea

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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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

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~70%
2	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~70%
3	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~70%
4	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~70%
5	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~70%
6	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
7	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~60%
8	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
9	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
10	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~50%
11	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
12	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	~50%
13	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	~50%
14	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
15	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
16	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~50%
17	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~50%
18	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~50%
19	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
20	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~50%
21	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~40%
22	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
23	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
24	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~40%
25	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	~40%
26	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~40%
27	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~40%
28	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
29	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
30	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~40%
31	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
32	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~40%
33	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
34	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
35	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
36	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
37	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~30%
38	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~30%
39	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~30%
40	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~30%
41	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~30%
42	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~30%
43	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
44	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~30%
45	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~30%
46	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
47	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
48	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
49	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~20%
50	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
51	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~20%
52	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~20%
53	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
54	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
55	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	~20%
56	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
57	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
58	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
59	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~10%
60	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
61	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
62	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
63	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
64	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
65	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
66	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
67	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	<5%
68	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
69	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
70	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
71	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
72	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Blue-gray Tanager in Tikal National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Tanager sighting in Tikal National Park, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Blue-gray Tanager in Tikal National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Blue-gray Tanager in Tikal National Park in our monthly data.

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Blue-gray Tanager

About the Blue-gray Tanager

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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