Yellow-winged Tanager
Thraupis abbas
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusThraupis (Typical Tanagers)
- SpeciesThraupis abbas (Yellow-winged Tanager)
About the Yellow-winged Tanager
The yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas) is a neotropical member of the tanager family. It is of average size for a tanager, about 18-centimetre (7.1 in) long. It is distinguished by the yellow patches on its dusky green wings, marking an otherwise dark bluish and gray body. It has a pale lavender tone on its throat and breast. The juvenile lacks this color, but has an olive-green head and upper back.
Like other members of the genus Thraupis, it is a species of open humid and mesic woodland. It often forms flocks of 50 or more members. It feeds on fruit, insects, and nectar. The call is high and sibilant, and may be given in flight or while perched.
The nest of the yellow-winged tanager is a small cup-shaped nest of dried fibers, leaves, and mosses. It is placed at mid-height on trees. The female lays 3 eggs, which are gray, mottled with brown. The yellow-winged tanager is found on the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean coasts from the states of Veracruz and the extreme south of San Luis Potosi in Mexico through the Yucatán Peninsula to Nicaragua, and on the Pacific coast from the Mexican state of Chiapas to Honduras.... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Black-throated Shrike-Tanager
Lanio aurantius
Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila morelleti
Black-headed Saltator
Saltator atriceps
Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Sporophila funerea
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 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 6 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 9 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 10 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 11 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 13 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 14 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 16 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 18 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-winged Tanager in Tikal National Park?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-winged Tanager sighting in Tikal National Park, based on 235 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Yellow-winged Tanager in Tikal National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-winged Tanager in Tikal National Park in our monthly data.